Angel food cake

Name: Angel food cake
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: rind of 1 orange, to decorate; 2.5 ml/½ tsp vanilla extract; 10 ml/2 tsp golden (light corn) syrup; 115 g/4 oz/generous ½ cup caster (superfine) sugar; 2 egg whites; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp vanilla extract; 5 ml/1 tsp cream of tartar; 10 egg whites; 225 g/8 oz/generous 1 cup caster (superfine) sugar; 15 ml/1 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch); 15 ml/1 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch); 65 g/2½ oz/9 tbsp plain (all-purpose) flour

Preparation info

Serves
20

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cakes

By Ann Nicol

Published 2014

About

Similar to a whisked sponge cake, the texture of this American classic is springy but slightly sticky, and the colour is snowy white. The cream of tartar helps to aerate the egg whites, and the addition of sugar creates a light meringue mixture. This cake will keep in the refrigerator for up to five days.

Ingredients

65 g/2½ oz/9 tbsp plain (all-purpose) flour
15

Americas
United States
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, cornflour and 50g/2oz/¼ cup of the sugar three times, so that the texture is very, very light.
Put the egg whites and the cream of tartar into a clean, grease-free bowl an