Angel Food Cake
Description
Angel food cake[1][2] is a light delightful dessert. Normally baked in a tube pan (ring tin).
Ingredients
- 1 cup cake flour
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 cups egg whites (~12)
- 1 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
Procedures
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Combine flour and powdered sugar. In a mixer combine egg whites and cream of tartar on medium until consistency is foamy. On high speed add in granulated sugar, 2 tbsp at a time until consistency is stiff and glossy. Finally add in salt, vanilla and almond extract. Slowly fold in 1/4 cup each time the flour-sugar mixture. Pour batter into tube pan, do not grease. Bake for ~33 minutes, or until top is springy. Let sit to cool upside down, where pan is facing up.
References
- ↑ Country Woman. Taste of Home. 1995. pp. 36. http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/Easy-Angel-Food-Cake.
- ↑ Crocker, Betty (1979). Betty Crocker's Cookbook New and Revised Edition. Golden Press/New York Western Publishing Company, Inc.. pp. 243. ISBN 78-52003.
