Angel Food Cake

Name: Angel Food Cake
Yield: Makes one 9-inch (23-cm) tube cake
Ingredients: Scant 1 teaspoon cream of tartar; ¼ cup (30 g) cornstarch; ¼ teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 11 egg whites (about 1½ cups/360 ml), at room temperature; ¼ teaspoon kosher salt, crushed; 1½ cups plus 1 tablespoon (312 g) superfine sugar; 1 teaspoon orange flower water

Preparation info

Makes
one
9 inch 23 cm ) tube cake

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Everyday Art of Gluten-Free

By Karen Morgan

Published 2014

About

Repeated sifting of the dry ingredients is what gets you the light-as-air texture of a traditional angel food cake. If you skip that step, the angels might get cross. Fresh mascerated strawberries and sweetened whipped cream are ideal accompaniments.

Ingredients

¾ cup (88 g) Cake & Muffin Blend
¼ cup (30

Cake
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C).

Sift the Cake & Muffin Blend, cornstarch, and crushed salt into a large bowl. Sift again into a separate bowl. Add ¾ cup