Angel cake

Name: Angel cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: strawberries, halved, to garnish; icing sugar, to dust; 4 drops vanilla extract or essence; 1 teaspoon cream of tartar; 2 drops almond essence; 4 drops vanilla extract or essence; 375 g (12 oz) caster sugar; 12 egg whites, at room temperature; 125 g (4 oz) plain flour

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

Cakes

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1999

About

Easy to make and exceptional to eat, this light, airy American speciality is best separated into pieces with two forks. Traditionally baked in a tube pan or angel food cake tin, an ordinary cake tin could be used.

Ingredients

375 g (12 oz) caster sugar
125 g (4

Americas
United States
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to moderate 180°C (350°F/Gas 4). Have ready an angel food cake tin, measuring 24 cm (9½