Old Be-Ro recipe book recipe, Angel Cake

Grumpysally

I've just gone to show my son the Angel Cake recipe in the 40th edition recipe book. It's not there. This isn't something I'm imagining from my childhood is it?

Does anyone have the recipe please?

NB.not the American Agel Food cake.

Thank you

YorksLass

Just looked in my Bero book (33rd edition, printed circa 1972) and it's not in there either!  I don't think you're imagining it but it seems you're going to need someone with a very old book.      

Grumpysally

Thanks Yorkslass
Oh dear. I wonder if I email Be-Ro they might have it somewhere in their archives.

Rosa_Damascena

Grumpysally said:

Thanks Yorkslass
Oh dear. I wonder if I email Be-Ro they might have it somewhere in their archives.

Share it here please, when the time comes? I'd love to give one a go in a bundt tin.

JIL

If you google images of bero cakes, theres loads of photos of recipes from the bero books.
Although I cant find an angel cake or even an angel layer cake.
Didnt they do this on great British bake off and prue leith said it was traditionally a genoise sponge? 
Good luck.

Helebore

Just google 'angel cake', there's loads of recipes, I just found a page....

Grumpysally

I have. And none of them are like I remember. 
Then again it could be my memory that's  at fault 🙃 

Grumpysally

Rosa_Damascena said:

Grumpysally said:

Thanks Yorkslass
Oh dear. I wonder if I email Be-Ro they might have it somewhere in their archives.

Share it here please, when the time comes? I'd love to give one a go in a bundt tin.

I will. If its not a figment of my imagination 🥺

button_box

I have 2 old Bero books, 37th edition and one which I think is from the 50s. Neither of them have a recipe for an Angel Cake. You said it wasn't an American Angel food cake. Could you describe it to us in case we know it by another name? What era was it that you last made it. Was it definitely a Bero recipe? My mum was a member of the "Stork Cookery Club" and would sometimes get cookery cards in the post. I can clearly visualise one booklet which she used often (and I would dearly love to have again) but it was nowhere to be seen when we cleared out her house.

CocoM2020

JIL said:

If you google images of bero cakes, theres loads of photos of recipes from the bero books.
Although I cant find an angel cake or even an angel layer cake.
Didnt they do this on great British bake off and prue leith said it was traditionally a genoise sponge? 
Good luck.

No wasnt it a Mary Berry recipe - had a passion fruit topping? Some people messed with up with the tin - it has to be cooled upside down as well? Or am I well off here? http://kickatthepantrydoor.blogspot.com/2013/08/mary-berrys-angel-food-cake-gbbo.html
Now I remember the Prue ones were angel food slices - like Mr K’s. The Mary Berry one is the link above. 

Grumpysally

I could have sworn it was from the Be-Ro book. All the other recipes I remember baking are from it, Coffee Kissess, Flapjack with crushed cornflakes in, fatless sponge. I'm struggling to think of any other recipe book in the house.

It is looking more and more like it wasn't from where I thought. Perhaps it was from a magazine mum bought.

The Mary Berry cake and other similar ones have loads of egg whites in them. That just wouldn't have happened in our house. Too expensive.