angel food cake homemade

🥘 Ingredients

• • cake flour
• • sugar
• • egg whites
• • cream of tartar
• • salt
• • vanilla
• • almond extract

📝 Instructions

1. 1 i always separate the egg in a glass first
2. 2 then if no yoke pour into measuring container
3. 3 do not grease pan
4. 4 i always use a two piece angelfood cake pan
5. 5 heat oven to 375
6. 6 sift the cake flour and 3 / 4 cup + 2 tbsp sugar separately
7. 7 set aside
8. 8 combine the extracts in a small bowl
9. 9 set aside
10. 10 beat egg whites , cream of tartar and salt until it forms peaks
11. 11 add the other 3 / 4 cup of sugar slowly , then beat on high until stiff peaks form
12. 12 if you have a mixing guard for your mixer bowl now would be a good time to attach it
13. 13 beating on low , add flour mixture and extracts slowly
14. 14 make sure you fold in the sides and bottom of your mixing bowl
15. 15 spoon into an angel food cake pan
16. 16 move a knife through batter to remove air pockets
17. 17 bake 30-35 minutes or until top springs back when touched lightly with finger
18. 18 invert pan onto a tin funnel to cool completely
19. 19 to remove the cake from your pan run a knife around the rim of the cake pan just to get the 'crust' away from the pan
20. 20 then firmly spank the sides of your pan
21. 21 you could use a knife but this sometime tears the sides of the cake
22. 22 invert onto your serve plate then take the knife to the now top which was the bottom of your pan and gently cut cake away from the pan insert
23. 23 no need to cut around the center tube as you just give the cake a gently but firm tap or downward shake on to the plate
24. 24 or you can pick up plate while holding onto the pan insert with your thumbs and firmly strike the bottom of the plate onto a folded towel