Angel Food Cake

Name: Angel Food Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 100 grams cup sifted cake flour (not self-rising; sift before measuring); 150 grams 1/2 cups sifted confectioners sugar (sift before measuring); 2 teaspoons cream of tartar; 355 milliliters egg whites (11 to 12 large eggs); 200 grams cup granulated sugar; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla

The recipe Angel Food Cake could satisfy your Mexican craving in approximately 45 minutes. One serving contains 193 calories, 5g of protein, and 0g of fat. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 10. It works well as an inexpensive dessert for Mother's Day. Head to the store and pick up cake flour, confectioners sugar, egg whites, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet.

Instructions

Let egg whites stand in bowl of a standing electric mixer (see cooks' note) at room temperature about 1 hour before making cake. (They should be about 60°F, slightly below room temperature.)

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Egg Whites

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Set oven rack in lower third of oven and preheat oven to 350°F.

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Oven

Sift together confectioners sugar, flour, and salt onto a sheet of wax paper using a triple sifter or fine sieve.

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Powdered Sugar

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Wax Paper

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Sieve

Beat whites in mixer until frothy.

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Blender

Add cream of tartar and beat at medium speed until they form soft peaks.

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Cream Of Tartar

Add granulated sugar gradually, beating, and continue beating just until whites are thickened and form soft, droopy peaks. Beat in vanilla.

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Granulated Sugar

Vanilla

Sprinkle one fourth of sifted dry ingredients over whites and fold in with a rubber spatula gently but thoroughly. Fold in remaining dry ingredients, one third at a time.

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Spatula

Gently pour batter evenly into ungreased tube pan and bake until top is light golden, cake retracts a bit from pan and springs back when touched lightly, and a tester comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Invert pan onto neck of an empty wine bottle or a large metal funnel and cool cake completely.

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Wine

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Funnel

Frying Pan

To remove cake from pan, run tip of a long, narrow knife between outer edge of cake and pan. Tilt cake pan on its side and gently tap bottom edge against counter. Rotate pan, tapping and turning a few more times, until cake appears free. Cover pan with a metal rack or cardboard round and invert, tapping pan firmly to loosen cake. Lift pan from cake. (It should come out beautifully, like a pillow taken out of a slipcover.)

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Knife

Slice cake with a serrated knife, using a sawing motion.

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Serrated Knife

If your eggs are not especially fresh, you may need more than a dozen to get 1 1/2 cups of whites.Though this recipe calls for a standing electric mixer to beat the whites, we found that a handheld mixer and a large wide bowl also worked.

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Egg

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Servings:

100grams

cup sifted cake flour (not self-rising; sift before measuring)150grams

1/2 cups sifted confectioners sugar (sift before measuring)2teaspoons

cream of tartar 355milliliters

egg whites (11 to 12 large eggs)200grams

cup granulated sugar 0teaspoons

salt 1teaspoon

vanilla

Recommended wine: Pinot Noir, Riesling, Sparkling Rose

Mexican on the menu? Try pairing with Pinot Noir, Riesling, and Sparkling rosé. Acidic white wines like riesling or low-tannin reds like pinot noir can work well with Mexican dishes. Sparkling rosé is a safe pairing too. The Willamette Valley Vineyards Whole Cluster rosé of Pinot Noir with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 20 dollars per bottle.