Angel Food Cake
Light and fluffy, this angel food cake is the dessert dreams are made of!
Servings: 1 cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup cake flour * You must use cake flour!
- 3 cups powdered sugar, divided into 1.5 cup portions
- 12 egg whites
- 1.5 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Fresh whipped cream and berries
Instructions
- In a medium mixing bowl sift together 1 cup cake flour with 1 ½ cups powdered sugar. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degees F.
- In a large mixing bowl beat together egg whites, salt, cream of tartar and vanilla. (About one minute). Once the egg whites get foamy slowly add 1 ½ cups powdered sugar. No more than a ¼ cup at time. Once combined mix until the egg whites get a nice glossy finish and form stiff peaks when you lift your mixer. This will take a few minutes.
- Grab your rubber spatula and gently fold your flour & powdered sugar mixture into your egg whites about a quarter of the mixture at a time. Be gentle during this process as you want to keep the air in your egg whites.
- Scrape the mixture into an un-greased tube pan and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
- Remove the cake from the oven and immediately turn it upside down onto the feet of the pan. Cool for 1 1/2 hours.
- Use a thin knife to cut around the edges and bottom of the pan. Gently drop the cake out of the pan onto a cake stand or plate. Top with freshly whipped whipping cream and berries.
