Homemade angel food cake is worth the work. It is moist, unlike the sweet Styrofoam-like cakes available in the grocery bakery. A tube pan with a removable bottom is highly recommended.
Preparation Details
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Servings: 16
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups egg whites
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 1 ¼ cups cake flour
- 1 ¾ cups white sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Steps
- Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Mix in cream of tartar, vanilla extract, and almond extract.
- Sift together flour, sugar, and salt. Repeat five times.
- Gently fold flour mixture into beaten egg whites.
- Pour batter into an ungreased 10-inch tube pan.
- Place the pan in a cold oven. Turn the oven on and set it to 325 degrees F (165degrees C). Bake until cake is golden brown, about 1 hour.
- Invert the tube pan and let cake cool to room temperature before removing from the pan.
- Garnish with strawberries.
