Deluxe Angel Food Cake

Submitted by CindiJ

"This is a must to kick off our summer! I came up with this recipe after making a batch of Recipe #108114 and had leftover egg whites. What a treat with fresh strawberries and homemade ice cream."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 10 slices

ingredients

• 12 egg whites
• 2.46 ml salt
• 7.39 ml cream of tartar
• 354.88 ml granulated sugar, divided
• 236.59 ml sifted cake flour
• 2.46 ml almond extract
• 7.39 ml vanilla extract

directions

1. Beat egg whites (at room temperature) and salt until foamy on high speed in electric mixer.
2. Add cream of tartar; beat until soft peaks form.
3. Add 1 cup of sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, beating until stiff peaks form.
4. Sift remaining 1/2 cup sugar and cake flour together.
5. Gently fold sugar/flour mixture into egg whites, scraping down the sides of the bowl, turning over in direction of figure "8".
6. Lightly spoon mixture into an ungreased 10-inch tube pan.
7. Bake at 375ºF for 30-35 minutes.
8. Invert cake onto bottle to completely cool (generally takes 2 hours).
9. Remove cake from pan by running a sharp knife around the sides and gently pressing on bottom to loosen.

Reviews

[ChefLee]

Yummy!! Love angel food cake and this is great!! I beat my egg whites by hand, old-school, in my copper bowl and it turned out great and gave me some good exercise!!! I left out the cream of tartar because I had the copper. Thanks for the recipe!!