“When a friend sent me this cake recipe via a social media app, I ignored it, thinking it was another load of gibberish. Barely three months later, she invited me to her birthday, which I actually helped her to organize. I applied this recipe for the very first time, following her insistence. The result was breathtaking. Right there and then, I realized what I was missing for months.”
Nutrition Facts
A piece of cake: Calories = 115, Fat = 0, Cholesterol = 0, Sodium = 68mg, Carbohydrates = 19g, Protein = 3g.
Ingredients
1-¼ cups egg (about 9 large)
1-½ cups sugar, divided
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon almond extract
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup cake flour
1-¼ teaspoons cream of tartar
Directives:
Make a large bowl available at room temperature. Place egg white in the bowl and sift ½ cup of sugar mixed with flour. Then set it aside.
Position an oven rack in a lower position and preheat the oven to 350°. When the temperature has gotten to 350°, add extracts, salt, and cream of tartar to egg whites. Beat it at a moderate speed until it starts forming.
Then start adding the remaining sugar gradually – like two tablespoons at a time, while beating on high speed to allow stiff peak form. At this point, start folding the flour mixture gradually – ½ cup at a time.
Make an ungreased 10-in tube pan available and gently spoon the mixture into it. To remove air pockets, cut through the batter with a knife. Place it for baking and bake until the top comes off dry and it browns slightly. It will reach this point within 35 to 40 minutes. As soon as it gets to this point, invert the pan and allow it for about an hour to cool properly.
To remove cake and place it on a serving dish, run a knife around the edge of the pan.
Angel Food Cake Tips
The subsequent directives will equip you with the right knowledge to make delicious Angel Food Cake at home.
Coconut Chip Angel Food Cake:
Start this by forming the batter. Add half cup of flaked coconut, mixed with a cup of miniature semisweet chocolate chips into batter. Follow directions to bake and cool. You can, as well, frost cake with sprinkles of toasted coconut and sweetened whipped cream.
Orange Dream Angel Food Cake: making this also requires that you prepare batter, following the same procedure. Spoon ½ of the prepared batter into an ungreased tube pan, preferably 10-in. Stir in a teaspoon of grated orange peel, six drops of red food coloring, a teaspoon of orange extract, and six drops of yellow food coloring into the remaining portion of the batter. At this point, spoon orange batter gently over white batter and swirl to remove air pockets by cutting through the layers with a knife. Follow instructions to bake and cool.
For Brown Sugar Angel Food Cake: skip the addition of almond extract and in place of packed brown sugar, apply white sugar. Bring up the volume of vanilla extract to 11/2 teaspoons. Then follow the laid down recipe to mix cake. Set your time at 25 to 30 minutes for the baking. Get cake frosted with around 12 ounces of thawed frozen whipped topping. Use a cup of finely chopped toffee to sprinkle the top, and then store in the refrigerator.
It’s Recommended to Always Make Your Angel Food Cake With a Tube Pan
If you omit this tube pan in making any of the angel food cake recipe, that alone can negativity affect the end result. The egg batter is delicate and therefore, needs the tube pan to achieve decent formation. Without the pan, it will likely collapse. Also, adding the sugar slowly helps to keep it from collapsing.
How to Know when Angel Food Cake is Ready
When the cake becomes golden brown in color
If the top springs back after a firm pressing