Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, angel food cake. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Angel Food Cake is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Angel Food Cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
Angel food cake, or angel cake, is a type of sponge cake made with egg whites, flour, and sugar. A whipping agent, such as cream of tartar, is commonly added. It differs from other cakes because it uses no butter.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have angel food cake using 8 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Angel Food Cake:
- Make ready Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Take About 9 large egg whites. It is about 1 1/4 cups
- Take 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar, divided
- Make ready 1 cup cake flour. I use Swan brand
- Make ready 1 1/4 teaspoons cream of tartar
- Prepare 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- Get 1/4 teaspoon salt
A tube pan with a removable bottom is highly recommended. An Angel Food Cake, or Angel Cake, is a ring shaped cake with a beautiful golden brown crust and a soft and spongy, snowy white interior. This cake has four main ingredients; egg whites, sugar, vanilla. Every respectable angel food cake requires two things: height and flavor.
Instructions to make Angel Food Cake:
- Put egg whites in large metal or glass bowl. Let sit to room temperature.
- Sift 1/2 cup sugar and all the flour twice. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place oven rack on lowest position.
- Add cream of tartar and almond extracts and salt to egg whites.
- Beat with mixer on medium speed until soft peaks form.
- Turn mixer on high and teaspoon at a time, add remaining sugar. Beat until stiff peaks form.
- Gradually add flour mixture 1/2 cup at a time by gently folding in. Do not mix vigorously. It will deflate the egg whites.
- Spoon into ungreased bunt pan or loaf pan. Do not grease! This needs to climb sides while baking. If greased it can not rise to be fluffy.
- I use a 10 inch tube pan. Make sure your pans are big enough. This rises high when baking. I use 2 loaf pans also.
- Bake for 30 to 45 minutes.
- Top should be golden brown and feel dry and crumbly.
- Test at 30 minutrs to see if baked through.
- When done, invert cake on top of glass bottle or on sides if using loaf pans. Cool completely.
- Run knife around edges of pan.
- Remove cake. Serve plain or with fruit.
Once you understand the basic science behind the classic cake, it's easy to strike the perfect balance of sweetness and airy. Angel food cake is just a European sponge cake that immigrated to the United States and adopted the Angel food cake was ahead of its time. Or behind the times, depending on your views about fat. You can make the Best Angel Food Cake ever with just six ingredients! This cake is light, airy and SO much better than any store-bought version!
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