Dressed Up Angel Food Cake

Angel food cake is one of the best desserts and you can do so much with it. There are plenty of mixes out there if you want to make your own. Personally, I love the ones I buy in the store. They are nicely wrapped so you can buy them ahead to keep on hand for weekend company and they are so ease to change into something great!
You can slice and serve with whipped topping or the fruit of your choice.

I like to coat mine with a carton of whipped topping. First, gently, dust off the crumbs on the cake..it will still be a bit "crumby" as that is the nature of the cake. Coat, generously, wth the whipped topping. I do not like to cover over the whole in the center but you can. I preferr to use a long spreading knife and coat the inside of the opening with the topping.

Now the fun part:

You can:
add a teaspoon of peppermint flavoring to your topping and crush candy canes to sprinkle on the top for Christmas or make a ring of red and green gum drops around the bottom.

add a teaspoon of lemon flavoring to the topping for a nice light Spring cake or add a ring of the jellied sliced fruits along the bottom.

tint the topping with the food coloring of your choice to match a party theme or to just dress it up a bit.

sprinkle the top of the cake with colored sugar and "flick" some on the sides with your fingers to make it sparkle.

drizzle very thin lines of chocolate on the top..allow some to run down the sides. Remember to keep it in thin lines.

Keep in mind that however you choose to decorate it..that the whipped topping is light so your decorating must be also to avoid sliding down the cake....

If doing ahead..cover lightly and place in fridge. Remove 30 minutes before serving to allow cake to warm.

The sky is the limit on this one....use your imagination and have fun.

Enjoy!