Dessert Recipes - Angel Food Cake Recipe

Ingredients                 

• 1 1/4 cups sifted Swans Down Cake Flour

• 1/2 cup sugar

• 1 1/2 cups (about 12) egg whites (at room temperature)

• 1/4 tsp salt

• 1 1/4 tsp cream of tartar

• 1 tsp vanilla

• 1/4 tsp almond extract

• 1 1/3 cups sugar

• Butter Cream Frosting or Sweet Chocolate Glaze

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Method:

1. Sift flour with 1/2 cup sugar four times. Combine egg whites, salt, cream of tartar and flavorings in large bowl. Beat with a flat wire whip, rotary beater or high speed of electric mixer until moist, glossy; soft peaks will form.

2. Add 1 1/3 cups sugar, sprinkling in 1/3 cup at a time and beating until blended after each addition, about 25 strokes by hand, Sift in flour mixture in four additions, folding in with 15 complete fold-over strokes after each addition and turning bowl often.

3. After last addition, use 10 to 20 extra strokes. Pout into an un-greased 10-inch tube pan.

4. Bake at 375°F for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the top springs back when pressed lightly. Invert on rack and cool thoroughly. Then remove from pan and frost.