Classic Angel Food Cake
 
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Serves: 12 servings
Ingredients
  • 1 cup cake flour
  • ¾ cup white granulated sugar
  • 9 large egg whites (about 1¼ cups)
  • 1¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon quality pure almond extract
  • ½ teaspoon quality pure vanilla extract
  • ¾ cup white granulated sugar
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Do not grease the cake pan.
  2. Place the cake flour and sugar in a food processor and blend for a minute until very fine. Set aside.
  3. Place the egg whites, cream of tartar, salt, and extracts in a large mixing bowl and beat on high with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Gradually add the remaining ¾ cup sugar, a couple of tablespoons at a time, while beating. Continue to beat until medium-stiff peaks form. Gradually and very gently fold the flour-sugar mixture into the egg whites with a rubber spatula.
  4. Spoon the batter into the cake pan and use the rubber spatula to smooth the top to even it out.
  5. Bake the cake on the middle rack for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean and the top of the cake is golden brown. Immediately invert the pan onto a wire rack and let the cake cool completely inside the pan, upside down, for two hours.
Recipe by The Daring Gourmet at https://www.daringgourmet.com/classic-angel-food-cake/