Angel Food Cake
1-1/3 Cups Flour
1-1/3 Cups Sugar
2 Cups Egg Whites (approximately 16)
2 teaspoons Cream of Tartar
2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
1 teaspoon Almond Extract
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1 Cup Sugar
Sift together 1-1/3 Cups Flour and 1-1/3 Cups Sugar into a bowl; set aside.
In a stand mixer, using the wire whip attachment, beat Egg Whites until stiff. Add Cream of Tartar, Vanilla Extract, Almond Extract, Salt, and 1 Cup Sugar. Gently stir in Flour-Sugar mixture, 1/3-cup at a time, just until mixed. Spoon into an un-greased Angel Food Cake pan. Bake at 350* for 50 minutes. Cool, upside down, until completely cool. Separate cake for edge and center of the pan with a knife before removing from pan. Glaze with a mixture of Powdered Sugar and Milk. Serves 16.
Want some variations? For a Chocolate Angel Food Cake (pictured above), add 1/4-Cup Cocoa to the Flour-Sugar mixture and 1 Tablespoon to the Glaze. For a Mocha Angel Food Cake, substitute 1/3-Cup instant Mocha mix for some of the Sugar in the Flour-Sugar mixture.
"But seek ye first
the kingdom of God, and
His righteousness..."
Matthew 6:33
I used 3 packets of Mocha
Three Angel Food Cakes:
Vanilla, in the back,
Chocolate, on the right,
Chocolate, on the right,
Mocha, in the front
Isn't this double tulip beautiful?
Why bother making a home-made Angel Food Cake? Isn't a boxed mix just as good? And what about all those Egg Yolks that aren't used?
Yes, please DO bother to make a home-made cake--it is far superior to a boxed mix, and not a bit hard! (Your family will thank you!)
And about those Egg Yolks? Well, around here, Angel Food Cake is kind of a 'left-overs' cake. When I make anything that calls for Egg Yolks and not the Whites (specifically Sour Cream Lemon Pie), I freeze the Egg Whites in a quart-size freezer bags, writing how many Whites are in it, and adding to the bag until it's full. Then, when I have enough Egg Whites, I'll make Angel Food Cake. I cleaned out my freezer a few weeks ago and, to my shame, I found enough Egg Whites to make three cakes. {blushing} I think I need to clean my freezer more often....
From Southern Fixin's, page 325
1 comment:
Makes me want to start baking. I prob have enough whites in the freezer for 20 cakes since we just had a flock of pullets and peewee size eggs to give away. Peewees make the best cakes.I usually bake 3 big ones & 3 minis at a time. Last fall I tried pumpkin angel food cakes. They were a big hit. We use the yolks for making noodles.
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