A cake is a food that all peoples favorite. It comes in many types, style and taste. Let us see here what are the types of cakes that we should need to know.

Sponge cakes – this is a type of cake that was based on flour, sugar and eggs only but sometimes leavened with baking powder. This will drive the structure from egg foam. The egg will make the cake softer like foam.

Chiffon cakes – this cake is a light cake that was made with vegetable oils, eggs, sugar, flour, baking powder and flavoring. These cakes are like angel cake and other foam cakes. It will become fluffy texture by just beating egg whites until stiff. This is a very moist cake created by the high oil and egg contents.

Angel food cakes – this type of cake has become more popular in the U.S. it is an airy lightness that is why it was name angel cake because it was said to be the food of angels. This cake is also a type of foam cake and the devils food cake is a type of abutter cake.

Charlottes – this is a variation of the cake in which the fillings are hot and cold. This is a molded dessert that are just poured into a bowl line with bread, ladyfingers or pieces of cake after that it will be decorated.

Meringue cakes – his is a type of dessert that was made from a whipped egg whites and powdered sugar. This is a very light and airy extremely sweet that often flavored with vanilla and small amount of almond or a coconut extract.