pinterest american recipe help translating in UK

[mumsiedarlingrevolta]

I have found a lovely recipe on pinterest called strawberry angel food lush
i know it's a silly name but it looks lovely
it calls for ready made angel food cake to be broken up on the bottom-
is there a UK equivalent I can use??

I don't think we sell Angel food cake ready made here. Certainly, I've never seen it, and I frequent many a bakery/cake section.

The recipe is just a type of trifle, isn't it? Cake, fruit, (jelly stuff), creamy stuff. So just use a plain sponge, or madeira cake. Won't have quite the same texture.

I've just googled,isn't it a Geonese sponge?

**Genoise

I don't think so - angel food cake has no butter and gets its rise only from beaten egg whites - no yolks. Genoise has butter and whole eggs.

I did a huge google search first.
What would you cheat with???
My nephews girlfriend a bloody chef so am having hostess anxiety!!

Well, I'm a trifle hater so I'd not make it!

Angel food cake is very, very light in texture. Can be a bit dry. Madeira is much heavier, but tastier. I'd probably ggo with a madeira or a lemon loaf cake - the plain ones, or even those packs of cheap sponge fairy cakes.

But honestly, it's just a version of a trifle, so make it your own, and don't worry!

Why not just make an angel food cake. There are loads of recipes for it on google. That way it will taste as the recipe means it to.

@rainbowunicorn I know I should but I've now gone completely off it I think I'm going to make lemon posset with amaretto biscotti and hot melty brownies and strawberries and cream instead

That sounds lovely mumsiedarlingrevolta you have put me in the mood for hot melty brownies now.