Aldi's Bakery Has a $4.49 Cake That's Perfect for Summer Barbecues

Robin Shreeves
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Pass this easy store-bought shortcut off as homemade.

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As long as it’s made well, serving store-bought cake is a great alternative, especially when baking causes your home temperature to rise and your air conditioner to run nonstop. And, buying an already-made cake is utterly legitimate as your contribution to a summer barbecue, even more so if you use summer’s bounty to fancy it up.

Two cakes we like that fit that bill are pound cake and angel food cake. Costco sells a pound cake for $8—if you have a Costco membership. Or, you can walk into any Aldi, no membership required, and pick up a $4.49 light-as-air Bake Shop Angel Food Cake.

The angel food cake appears to be a limited-time Aldi Finds grocery item that goes on sale this week and probably won’t be around long.

How to Dress Up Aldi’s Angel Food Cake

Angel food cake loves a few minutes on the grill, just enough time to impart a slightly smoky flavor to slices. Though it’s unnecessary, try it if you’re at a barbecue and the grill is already going.

Here are five more recipes that will complement your store-bought angel food cake, as well.

  • Strawberry Shortcake with Balsamic: Strawberries marinated in balsamic vinegar, sugar, and a pinch of black pepper top grilled angel food cake along with a dollop of whipped cream—fresh or from a can.

  • Angel Food Trifle: Great for the Fourth of July because it turns out red, white, and blue. This trifle uses store-bought angel food cake plus fresh and frozen fruits, and whipped topping.

  • Macerated Fruit: When fruit is combined with vinegar, liqueur, wine, fruit juice, or sugar, its juices release, producing sweet fruit in its own syrup. Strawberries are what we commonly think of when macerating fruit, and they work great on top of an angel food cake, but other summer fruits such as macerated blueberries, cherries, or raspberries work well, too.

  • Lemon Curd: You can make your own or buy a jar of store-bought lemon curd to drizzle on slices of angel food cake.

  • Fruit Salsa: This fruit salsa—made with fresh strawberries, raspberries, apples, and kiwis—would be delicious on plain or grilled angel food cake.

When you bring your Aldi angel food cake and accompaniments to a summer shindig, you can tell everyone you bought the cake. Or you can take it out of its packaging, put it on a cake plate, and keep mum. The cake won’t give you away.

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