Angel Food Cake
- 1 1/3 cups sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 11 egg whites, at room temperature
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 10-inch tube pan, ungreased
- Electric mixer
- Preheat the oven to 350.
- Sift the sugar 3 times into a mixing bowl.
- In a separate mixing bowl, sift the flour 5 times.
- Mix 1/3 cup of the sugar with the flour.
- With an electric mixer, beat the egg whites until foamy.
- Add the cream of tartar and salt and continue beating.
- As the whites begin to stiffen, gradually add the remaining sugar and continue whipping until the whites form stiff glassy peaks.
- Add the vanilla and beat for 1 to 2 seconds.
- With a rubber spatula, gently fold in the flour, 1/4 cup at a time.
- Pour the cake batter into the pan and bake for 40 minutes.
- Invert the pan on a rack to cool, leaving at least 1 inch air space between the rack and the table.
- (You might want to hang the pan over the neck of a tall bottle to accomplish this.)
- When completely cooled, pull the sides away from the pan with a fork and unmold the cake.
sugar, flour, egg whites, cream of tartar, salt, vanilla, tube pan, mixer
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/angel-food-cake-2 (may not work)