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.
Ingredients
- ½ cups egg whites: 1 piece
- cream of tartar: 1 tsp
- vanilla extract: 0.5 tsp
- almond extract: 0.5 tsp
- ¼ cups cake flour: 1 piece
- ¾ cups white sugar: 1 piece
- salt: 0.25 tsp
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Stages of cooking
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Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Mix in cream of tartar, vanilla extract, and almond extract. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Sift together flour, sugar, and salt. Repeat five times. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Gently fold flour mixture into beaten egg whites. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Pour batter into an ungreased 10-inch tube pan. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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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.
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Invert the tube pan and let cake cool to room temperature before removing from the pan. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Garnish with strawberries. DOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS
