Angel's food cake

Angel’s Food Cake. For sale at Podesta, Malatesta & Co.’s, 252 Main street.

Again, as we sat on the terrasse of the Café de Paris, where he was eating a large slice of angel’s food cake and drinking coffee, I mentioned that I was broke.

Oldest daughter Virginia recalled with pride that her mother’s angel’s food cakes and her fudgelike penuche were special favorites at charity bake sales and raffles for church and schools.

He casually flipped the page and found a slice of angel’s food cake sitting in a puddle of raspberry sauce.

“If you want a slice of angel’s food cake, you’ll have to finish your greens,” came the call from parents.