I forgot the cake, earlier. :)

[kyrielle]

If I'm going to wish Dad a happy birthday, then I ought to wish for the cake, too - another family tradition. "Angel food cake with grease". I was at least ten, maybe even in my teens, before I realized no one else knew what I meant when I said that, no one else called it "grease". I have no idea why we did, where the term came from! It was angel food cake with a kind of thick sweet creamy topping, and, until the diabetes changed his diet, another staple of Dad's birthday. I thought it was Bavarian cream for a while, but I think that was wrong; it doesn't quite match. No clue what it actually was....

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[geordie.livejournal.com]

Butter icing? Good on cakes and mostly a kind of grease :-)

[joyoflj.livejournal.com]

When I got his birthday reminder it hurt a bit, I still miss him and often think of him for we shared similar views and well for so many reasons.

Hard to believe it has been a year.

I remember he liked cornish pasties? I think (hope) I spelled that correctly.

[kyrielle]

No, it was not an icing or frosting of any sort. It was something you spooned either over or next to your slice, thick and greasy. You could have eaten it by istelf.

[kyrielle]

He did; I think I mentioned them (and linked the very recipe) in an earlier post, which you've probably seen by now.

It is hard to believe it's been so long.

[roadskoller.livejournal.com]

I love angel food cake with "grease". That's a good description of the look.