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

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

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