Angel Cake
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 sticks (1/2 pound) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Marshmallow Icing
- Silver dragees, for decorating
- Preheat the oven to 350.
- Butter and flour two 9-inch cake pans.
- On a sheet of wax paper, sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the butter at medium speed until creamy.
- Beat in the sugar until fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well between additions.
- Beat in the dry ingredients at low speed, in 3 additions, alternating with the buttermilk.
- Beat in the vanilla.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared pans and bake in the center of the oven for about 35 minutes, until golden and a cake tester inserted in the centers comes out clean.
- Let the cakes cool on a rack for 10 minutes.
- Unmold the cakes and let cool completely on the rack.
- Transfer a cake layer to a plate and frost the top generously with icing.
- Cover with the second cake layer and spread the top and sides with the remaining icing.
- Decorate with dragees and serve.
allpurpose, baking powder, baking soda, salt, unsalted butter, sugar, eggs, buttermilk, vanilla, marshmallow icing, dragees
Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/angel-cake (may not work)