Lemon-Blueberry Angel Food Cake

Name: Lemon-Blueberry Angel Food Cake
Ingredients: 1½ cups fresh or frozen blueberries; 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon sifted cake flour, divided; 12 large egg whites, at room temperature; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; ¾ teaspoon cream of tartar; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 cup sifted powdered sugar; 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice; Garnishes: lemon zest, fresh blueberries; Garnishes: lemon zest, fresh blueberries

Preparation info

Makes
8-10
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Blueberries

By Julia Rutland

Published 2019

About

Cake flour is recommended for angel food cake, as it has a lower protein content and finer texture. You can get a pretty good-tasting cake with all-purpose flour, but a better substitution would be to replace 2 tablespoons of the flour with cornstarch.

Ingredients

1½ cups fresh or frozen blueberries
1 cup plus 1 tablespoon

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Toss blueberries with 1 tablespoon flour in a medium bowl.

In a separate bowl, beat egg whites and salt at high speed with an electric mixer until foamy. Beat in vanilla and lemon juice. Add cream of tartar; beat until soft peaks form. Add granula