Lime Angel Food Cake with Lime Glaze and Pistachios

Name: Lime Angel Food Cake with Lime Glaze and Pistachios
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; 10 larges egg whites, room temperature; 4 Tbsps fresh lime juice, divided; 2 teaspoons finely grated lime peel; 118 milliliters powdered sugar; 0 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters sugar; 355 milliliters superfine sugar, divided; 57 grams 1/2 cup unsalted raw pistachios (about , finely chopped in processor; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Lime Angel Food Cake with Lime Glaze and Pistachios might be just the dessert you are searching for. One serving contains 229 calories, 5g of protein, and 2g of fat. This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Mother's Day will be even more special with this recipe. Head to the store and pick up superfine sugar, pistachios, egg whites, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet.

Instructions

Position rack in center of oven andpreheat to 350°F. Sift flour, 1/2 cup superfinesugar, and salt into medium bowl; repeatsifting 3 times. Using electric mixer, beat eggwhites, lime peel, and vanilla on mediumspeed in large bowl until frothy (mixture mayturn neon green but color will change whenremaining ingredients are added).

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Egg Whites

Lime Peel

Vanilla

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Hand Mixer

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Oven

Add creamof tartar; increase speed to high and beat untilsoft peaks form. Gradually add remaining 1cup sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, beatinguntil stiff peaks form.

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Sugar

Sprinkle 1/3 of flourmixture over whites and gently fold in untilincorporated. Fold in remaining flour mixturein 2 more additions just until incorporated.

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All Purpose Flour

Transfer to ungreased 10-inch angel food cakepan with 4-inch-high sides and removablebottom (do not use nonstick pan); smooth top.

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Frying Pan

Bake cake until pale golden and testerinserted near center comes out clean, about38 minutes. Immediately invert cake ontowork surface if pan has feet, or invert centertube of pan onto neck of bottle or metalfunnel and cool cake completely.

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Oven

Frying Pan

Using long thin knife, cut around cakesides and center tube to loosen. Lift outcenter tube with cake still attached; runknife between cake and bottom of pan toloosen. Invert cake onto rack, then turn cakeover, rounded side up. Set rack with cakeatop rimmed baking sheet.

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Baking Sheet

Knife

Frying Pan

Combinesugar and 3 tablespoons lime juice in smallsaucepan; stir over medium heat until sugardissolves.

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Lime Juice

Brush syrup all over top and sidesof cake. Immediately press pistachios ontotop and sides of cake, pressing to adhere.

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Pistachio Nuts

Syrup

Stir powdered sugar with remaining1 tablespoon lime juice in small bowl untilsmooth.

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Powdered Sugar

Lime Juice

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Bowl

Drizzle glaze over top of cake.

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Glaze

Letstand until glaze sets, about 10 minutes.DO AHEAD: Cake can be made up to 1 dayahead. Cover with cake dome and storeat room temperature.

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Glaze

Transfer cake to platter; cut intowedges and serve.

Be sure not to use anonstick pan or to grease or butter thecake pan for this cake. Because this cake iscooled upside down, you want it to stick tothe sides a bit. If your angel food cake pandoesn’t have feet, have a metal funnel or abottle with a slim neck nearby. You'll invertthe tube of the pan onto the funnel or bottleas soon as the cake comes out of the oven.

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Angel Food Cake