Angel Food Cake

Name: Angel Food Cake
Yield: Yield: About 10 Servings.
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1 cup sifted cake flour; ½ teaspoon almond extract; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1¼ teaspoons cream of tartar; 1½ cups egg whites (11 or 12 whites); ¼ teaspoon salt, if desired; 1⅓ cups twice-sifted sugar

Preparation info

Yield: About
10
Servings.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1987

About

If I had to name my absolutely favorite dessert at about the time I reached puberty or before, it would be, without question, angel food cake. To me it was divine, celestial, and manna from heaven. It is still cause for celebration—or something to celebrate with.

Ingredients

1⅓ cups twice-sifted sugar
1 cup sifted cake flour
¼ teaspoon

Americas
United States
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
In a sifter, combine ⅓ cup sugar, the cake flour, and salt. Sift the mixture three times.
Put the egg whites into the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until foamy. Add the cream of tartar. Continue beating unti