Boy or Girl Angel Cakes - South Beach
- 12 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 14 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 12 teaspoon lemon extract
- 34 cup granulated sugar substitute
- 34 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 2 cups fat-free whipped topping or 2 cups light whipped topping
- all natural red food coloring, and
- blue food coloring
- Heat oven to 350.
- Coat 2 (8x8-inch) glass baking dishes with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, beat egg whites, cream of tartar, and salt with electric mixer at high speed until soft peaks form.
- Add extracts and beat briefly to combine.
- Gradually add sugar substitute; continue beating whites until stiff peaks form.
- Sift 1/4 cup of the flour over egg whites.
- Using a rubber spatula, gently fold in flour until fully combined.
- Repeat twice with remaining flour until all of the flour is incorporated.
- Divide batter evenly between baking dishes, gently smoothing out tops.
- Bake, turning once halfway through, until cakes are golden and a tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 18-20 minutes.
- Cool completely.
- When cakes are cool, cut each into 4 squares and carefully transfer to a cutting board.
- Trim browned edges, then cut each square into 4 (2-inch) squares.
- You should have 32 squares total.
- Place 1 cup whipped topping in each of 2 smalls bowls.
- Add a few drops of red food coloring to 1 bowl and mix.
- Add a few drops of blue food coloring to the other bowl and mix, if you're making both colors.
- Lay squares of cake on a flat work surface, top each with 1 1/2 teaspoons pink or blue topping, spreading filling to just shy of cake edges.
- Top each with a second cake square and 1 1/2 teaspoons topping.
eggs, cream of tartar, salt, vanilla, lemon, sugar substitute, whole wheat pastry flour, topping, natural red food coloring, food coloring
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/boy-or-girl-angel-cakes-south-beach-350880 (may not work)