American Angel Cake

Name: American Angel Cake
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: The white of 11 eggs; 10 ozs. of sugar; ¼ lb. of flour; 1 teaspoon of vanilla, a pinch of salt.; 1 teaspoon of cream of tartar

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes of all Nations

By Countess Morphy

Published 1935

About

This is one of the nicest—and lightest, when properly made—of all American cakes. But success in making it lies in the proper beating of the eggs—they should be beaten so stiffly that if 2 eggs are placed on the froth they will not sink.

Ingredients

The white of 11 eggs
¼ lb. of flour
10 ozs.

Americas
United States
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

The flour must be sifted four times, the cream of tartar then being added to it, and both sifted once more. The sugar should also be sifted four times. Beat the whites of egg very stiffly, then add the sugar and flour gradually, and lastly the vanilla essence and a pinch of salt. Tur