Angel Food Cake has an airy lightness and white color, a very light texture and taste.  It is a great dessert to end a meal of almost any type of food.

Angel Food Cake Recipe

Preheat oven to 325° F (163° C).

Cake preparation:

Sift and measure the 1-1/4 cups of cake flour.  Sift together 5 times the flour, sugar and salt.

Beat the egg whites in a metal bowl until they are foamy.  Then, add the cream of tartar and continue beating until stiff peaks form (but not dry).  The egg whites should be gloss and moist, clinging to the bottom and sides of the bowl.

Add 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 teaspoon almond extract to the bowl of egg whites.  Using a wire whisk, blend the eggs and fold in the flour mixture.  Do not stir.

Turn the mixture into the ungreased tube pan.  Bake slowly for 1 to 1-1/4 hours.

Invert the pan on a wire rack until fully cooled (approximately 1 hour).  Loosen the sides from the pan using a butter knife.  Remove from the pan.

Cut with a serrated knife and serve with fresh fruit or berries.

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Angel Food Cake Recipe

Recipe Ingredients

1-1/4 cups sifted cake flour
1-3/4 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 cups egg whites (11 to 13 eggs)
1-1/4 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon almond extract

To serve:
fresh fruit or berries

An airy lightness
and white color,
 a light texture and taste