Great-Grandmother Pearl's Angel Food Cake with Peaches

Name: Great-Grandmother Pearl's Angel Food Cake with Peaches
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon pure almond extract; 473 milliliters cake flour; 2 teaspoons cream of tartar; 473 milliliters egg whites (from about 16 large eggs); 10 servings Lightly sweetened whipped cream, for serving; 5 peaches, sliced into thin wedges; 1 teaspoons salt; 710 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Great-Grandmother Pearl's Angel Food Cake with Peaches a try. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 10 servings with 433 calories, 9g of protein, and 6g of fat each. It is perfect for Mother's Day. If you have sugar, cake flour, salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 32

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Oven

In a standing electric mixer, beat the egg whites at medium speed until foamy.

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Egg Whites

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Hand Mixer

Add the cream of tartar and salt and beat until stiff peaks form. Beat in 2 1/2 cups of the sugar, a few tablespoons at a time, until smooth and glossy, about 4 minutes.

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Cream Of Tartar

Sugar

Salt

Transfer the egg whites to a large, wide bowl. Using a fine sieve, gradually sift the flour over the egg whites, gently folding in the flour with a spatula. Fold in the vanilla and almond extracts. Scrape the cake batter into a 10-inch angel food cake pan. Using a table knife, slice through the cake batter several times to release any air bubbles. Tap the cake pan once or twice on a flat surface.

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Angel Food Cake

Egg Whites

Vanilla

Almonds

All Purpose Flour

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Cake Form

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Knife

Sieve

Bowl

Bake the cake in the center of the oven for 20 minutes. Increase the oven temperature to 350 and bake the cake for about 35 minutes longer, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Invert the pan onto the neck of a wine bottle and let the cake cool completely.

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Wine

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Toothpicks

Oven

Frying Pan

Meanwhile, toss the peaches with the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar and refrigerate, stirring occasionally, until juicy, for at least 1 hour or up to 4 hours.

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Peach