Orange Angelfood Cake with Caramelized Pears

Name: Orange Angelfood Cake with Caramelized Pears
Yield: Yield one 10-inch cake
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice; 1 recipe Raspberry Sauce; 8 ripe pears, peeled, cored, and sliced ⅓ inch thick; ⅓ cup sugar; 1½ tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice; 2 tablespoons brandy; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; Pinch salt; 1 cup cake flour, sifted; 1½ cups sugar; 2½ tablespoons chopped orange zest; 1¼ teaspoons cream of tartar; 1½ cups egg whites

Preparation info

Yield
one
10 inch cake

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Stars Desserts

By Emily Luchetti

Published 1993

About

An old favorite, gussied up and still wonderful.

Ingredients

Orange Angelfood Cake

1½ cups egg whites
1¼ teaspoons cream of tartar
1½

Dessert
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Put the egg whites in the bowl of an electric mixer. Using the whisk attachment, whip them on medium speed until frothy. Add the cream of tartar. Increase to high speed and continue to mix, slowly pouring in the sugar. Continue whipping until th