Brown Sugar Angel Food Cake With Candied Citrus Slices
- 1 14 cups cake flour
- 1 12 cups light brown sugar, packed sifter
- 14 large egg whites, room temperature
- 1 12 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest
- candied citrus slices, see recipe below
- 16 ounces creme fraiche
- 3 cups sugar
- 1 red grapefruit, small thinly sliced into rounds
- 1 navel orange, thinly sliced into rounds
- CAKE:.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees, stir together flour and 3/4 cup brown sugar, sift twice.
- Put egg whites into a bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the wisk attachement.
- Beat on medium speed until foamy, add cream of tarter and salt.
- Raise speed to high, and beat until soft peaks form.
- Sprinkle half the remaining 3/4 cup brown sugar over the egg white mixture, and beat until combined.
- Sprinkle with remailing brown sugar over egg white mixture, and beat until stif, glossy peaks form.
- Transfer egg white mixture to a large bowl.
- Fold in flour mixture in 3 batches, folding in the lemon zest with the last batch.
- Spoon the batter into an ungreased 10-inch tube pan (not nonstick) with a removable bottom.
- Run a knofe through the batter to eliminate air pockets.
- Bake until cake is golden and springs back when lightly touched about 45 minutes.
- Invert pan onto its legs or over a narrow-neck bottle.
- Let cool 1 hour.
- reinvert, and run a knife sides and tube to loosen; remove sides.
- Run a knofe along bottom of fo cake and remove from tube.
- Place cake on serving platter.
- Cut slit in rind of candied citrus slices, then twist slices and place around bottom ifcake.
- reserve 1 slice for hole in center.
- Put creme fraiche into a medium bowl.
- wisk until lightened.
- Transfer a little more than 1/4 cup into a pastery bag fitted with a large rose tip (such as Ateco No.
- 123).
- Decoratively pipe creme fraiche around top edge of cake.
- Place one citrice slice over the hole in top of the cake and pipe creme fraiche around it.
- serve remaining creme fraiche on the side.
- CANDIED CITRUS SLICES:.
- Cut a round of parchment paper to fit inside medium pot and set parchment paper aside.
- Bring sugar and 3 cups water to a simmer in pot, stiring until sugar has desolved.
- When liqued is clear and bubbling, reduce heat to medium-low heat.
- Add citrus slices,arranging them in a slightly overlapping layer.
- Cover with the parchment paper round.
- Place a cake pan on top of the parchment paper to keepslices submerged.
- Simmer (do not boil) until rinds are almosr translucent, about 40 minutes.
- Let cool completely in syrup.
- Candies citrus slices can be stored in syrup up to 1 week.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set a wire rack over sheet.
- Transfer citrus to rack.
- Let stand until dry and slightly firm, about 8 hours.
cake flour, light brown sugar, egg whites, cream of tartar, salt, lemon zest, sugar, red grapefruit, orange
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/brown-sugar-angel-food-cake-with-candied-citrus-slices-489191 (may not work)