Lemon Chiffon Cake
- 2 cups sifted cake flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 8 eggs, separated
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 1/2 tablespoons grated lemon peel
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tarter
- Powdered sugar
- Preheat oven to 325F.
- Sift flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into large bowl.
- Using electric mixer at low speed, beat in vegetable oil, egg yolks, lemon juice, water and lemon peel.
- Combine egg whites and cream of tartar in another large bowl.
- Using clean dry beaters, beat until stiff but not dry.
- Fold 1/4 of whites into batter to lighten.
- Gently fold in remaining whites.
- Pour cake batter into ungreased 10-inch-diameter tube pan.
- Tap pan on counter or run rubber spatula through cake batter to release air pockets.
- Bake cake until springy to touch, about 1 1/4 hours.
- Immediately invert cake in pan over neck of bottle.
- Cool cake completely.
- Run knife around pan sides to loosen cake.
- Transfer cake to plate.
- Dust with powdered sugar.
cake flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, vegetable oil, eggs, lemon juice, water, cream of tarter, powdered sugar
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/lemon-chiffon-cake-2207 (may not work)