Name: Orange Angel
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: Makes one 27 cm (10¾ in) round cake
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: Zest of 1 orange; Juice from 1 orange; Zest from 1 orange (optional); 9 egg whites (approx. 310 ml/10 fl oz); 1½ tsp vinegar (malt or white wine); 150 g (5½ oz) icing (confectioners) sugar, sifted; 220 g (8 oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 100 g (3½ oz) plain (all-purpose) flour

Preparation info

Makes
one
27 cm round cake

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 15

Appears in

The Pink Whisk Guide to Cake Making

By Ruth Clemens

Published 2013

About

Make a citrus Angel using grated orange zest which perfumes the cake beautifully, or make it lemon if you prefer and finish simply with orange icing for a less dressy affair.

Ingredients

Cake

100 g (3½ oz) plain (all-purpose) flour
9 egg whites (approx.

Method

Following the same method as the regular Angel Cake whip up the egg whites with just the vinegar, omitting the vanilla extract. Once the sugar has been incorporated whisk in the orange zest.
Once baked and cooled mix together a glacé icing combining the icing sugar with juice from the orange, adding just a little at a time unt