Angel Food Cake with Fall Fruit Compote

Name: Angel Food Cake with Fall Fruit Compote
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters cake flour; 1 teaspoon cream of tartar; 177 milliliters crème fraîche; 118 milliliters dried cranberries; 113 grams dried figs, halved (about; 397 grams packages dried mixed fruit; 12 larges egg whites; 0 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters sugar; 355 milliliters sugar, divided; 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise; 1 Tbsp vanilla extract; 710 milliliters water

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Angel Food Cake with Fall Fruit Compote a try. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 12 servings with 344 calories, 5g of protein, and 3g of fat each. It will be a hit at your Mother's Day event. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. A mixture of water, figs, salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 32

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To prepare cake, lightly spoon the flour into a dry measuring cup, and level with a knife.

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All Purpose Flour

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Sift together flour and 3/4 cup sugar. Beat egg whites with a mixer at high speed until foamy.

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Egg Whites

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

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Blender

Add cream of tartar and salt; beat until soft peaks form.

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Cream Of Tartar

Salt

Add 3/4 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, beating until stiff peaks form. Fold in vanilla. Sift flour mixture over egg white mixture, 3 tablespoons at a time; fold in.

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Vanilla

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Sugar

Spoon batter into an ungreased 10-inch tube pan, spreading evenly. Break air pockets by cutting through batter with a knife.

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Bake at 325 for 50 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Invert pan, and cool completely. Loosen cake from sides of pan using a narrow metal spatula. Invert the cake onto plate.

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Cut cake into 12 slices.

To prepare compote, combine water, 1/4 cup sugar, and vanilla bean in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes.

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Vanilla Bean

Compote

Sugar

Water

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Add dried fruits; cover and simmer 25 minutes or until fruit is tender, stirring once.

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Fruit

Remove from heat.

Remove vanilla bean.

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Vanilla Bean

Let bean stand 5 minutes. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean; stir seeds into the fruit mixture. Discard bean. Cool to room temperature. Spoon compote over cake slices, and top with crme frache.

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Compote

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