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==Description==
 
==Description==
Light, airy sponge-type cake made with stiffly beaten egg whites but no yolks or other fats. Normally baked in a [[bundt pan|tube pan]] ([[bundt pan|ring tin]]).
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Angel food cake<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/Easy-Angel-Food-Cake |title= Country Woman |year=1995|pages=36|publisher=Taste of Home|work=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Crocker|first=Betty |title=Betty Crocker's Cookbook New and Revised Edition |year=1979|publisher=Golden Press/New York Western Publishing Company, Inc.|isbn=78-52003|pages=243}}</ref> is a light delightful dessert. Normally baked in a [[bundt pan|tube pan]] ([[bundt pan|ring tin]]).
  
 
==Ingredients==
 
==Ingredients==
* 10 [[egg whites]]
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* 1 cup cake flour
* 1 teaspoon [[cream of tartar]]
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* 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
* 1 teaspoon [[vanilla extract]]
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* 1 1/2 cups egg whites (~12)
* ½ teaspoon [[almond extract]]
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* 1 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
* 250 g (9 oz) [[caster sugar]]
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* 1 cup granulated sugar
* 125 g (4½ oz) plain white [[flour]], sifted
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* 1/4 tsp salt
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* 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
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* 1/2 tsp almond extract
  
 
==Directions==
 
==Directions==
# Heat the oven to 180°C (350°F, gas mark 4). Whisk the egg whites in a large bowl until foamy. Sprinkle the cream of tartar and the vanilla and almond extracts over them and continue whisking until the mixture is stiff but not dry.
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Combine flour and powdered sugar. In a mixer combine egg whites and cream of tartar on medium until consistency is foamy. On high speed add in granulated sugar, 2 tbsp at a time until consistency is stiff and glossy. Finally add in salt, vanilla and almond extract. Slowly fold in 1/4 cup each time the flour-sugar mixture. Pour batter into tube pan, do not grease. Bake for ~33 minutes, or until top is springy. Let sit to cool upside down, where pan is facing up.  
# Add ½ of the sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, whisking continuously: the mixture should be shiny and form soft peaks that bend over at the peaks; do not beat until stiff.
 
# Sift together 3 times the flour, remaining sugar and salt.
 
# Sift a fine layer(⅛ of total) of the flour mix over the egg mix.
 
# Fold in gently with a metal spoon until almost incorprated.
 
# Repeat, blending in the last addition until it is all incorporated.
 
# Pour the mixture into an ungreased 9 inch (23 cm) ring-shaped cake tin.
 
# Bake on the lowest shelf of the oven for +/- 45 minutes, until an inserted toothpick comes out clean and the top is golden brown and feels dry.
 
# To cool the cake, leave it in the tin and turn it upside-down, leave it to cool for at least 1 hour 30 minutes.
 
# To take the cake out of the tin, run a knife around its outside and turn it upside-down onto a plate (if you do not have a ring-tin one, use a round cake tin and put an empty can upside-down in the centre to make the hole. When cooling the cake support the cake tin and the the empty can, on a jar so that the cake is not resting on anything and can ‘stretch’ downwards).
 
  
 
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[[Category:Egg white Recipes]]
 
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[[Category:Wheat flour Recipes]]
 
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Revision as of 11:50, 24 April 2012

Angel Food Cake

Description

Angel food cake[1][2] is a light delightful dessert. Normally baked in a tube pan (ring tin).

Ingredients

  • 1 cup cake flour
  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups egg whites (~12)
  • 1 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp almond extract

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Combine flour and powdered sugar. In a mixer combine egg whites and cream of tartar on medium until consistency is foamy. On high speed add in granulated sugar, 2 tbsp at a time until consistency is stiff and glossy. Finally add in salt, vanilla and almond extract. Slowly fold in 1/4 cup each time the flour-sugar mixture. Pour batter into tube pan, do not grease. Bake for ~33 minutes, or until top is springy. Let sit to cool upside down, where pan is facing up.


References

  1. Country Woman. Taste of Home. 1995. pp. 36. http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/Easy-Angel-Food-Cake. 
  2. Crocker, Betty (1979). Betty Crocker's Cookbook New and Revised Edition. Golden Press/New York Western Publishing Company, Inc.. pp. 243. ISBN 78-52003.