Lovely, Tender Angel Food Cake
- 1 cup cake flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar, divided
- 1 1/4 cups egg whites (910 eggs)
- 1 1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp. kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp. almond extract
- Position oven rack just below center, and preheat oven to 350F.
- Sift cake flour and 1/2 cup sugar into medium bowl.
- Set aside.
- Beat egg whites, cream of tartar, vanilla, salt, and almond extract in separate bowl with handheld electric mixer at medium-low speed until soft peaks form.
- Increase speed to medium.
- Gradually beat in remaining 1 cup sugar.
- Increase speed to medium-high, and beat 5 minutes, or until meringue is thick and shiny, and firm peaks hold when beaters are lifted.
- Sprinkle one-quarter of flour mixture over meringue, and gently fold in with spatula or flat whisk just until blended (do not overmix).
- Repeat 3 more times.
- Scrape batter into ungreased 10- x 4-inch angel food cake pan with removable center.
- Bake cake 30 to 32 minutes, or until puffed and lightly browned, and wooden skewer inserted near center comes out clean.
- Insert narrow-neck bottle into center tube, and invert pan to cool cake upside down.
- Once cooled, remove pan from atop bottle, and cut around pan sides to loosen cake.
- Lift out pans center tube with cake.
- Cut under cake and around center tube to release cake.
- Cut into wedges, and serve.
cake flour, sugar, egg whites, cream of tartar, vanilla extract, kosher salt, almond extract
Taken from www.vegetariantimes.com/recipe/lovely-tender-angel-food-cake/ (may not work)