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Angel Food Cake

How to Make Angel Food Cake

Manny
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Cake Recipe
Cuisine Filipino
Servings 6 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 10 egg whites 1 1/4 cups
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. cream of tartar
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup sifted cake flour

Instructions
 

How to make Angel Food Cake:

  • In a large mixing bowl sprinkle the salt and cream of tartar over the egg whites.
  • Beat until soft tilted peaks form when beater is slowly withdrawn. Beat in vanilla.
  • Fold in the sugar, 2 Tbsps. at a time. Sift in the flour in 4 additions, folding it in.
  • Turn into ungreased 9-inch angel food cake pan or tube pan.
  • Bake on a low rack of a preheated 350 ° F oven until cake tester, when inserted in the center, comes out clean about 35 minutes invert pan and let cake hang until cool.
  • With a small metal spatula loosen cake edges and around tube, ease cake from pan.