Chrissy's Angel Food Cake
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
1 cake
ingredients
- 2 cups egg whites
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 3⁄4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1⁄2 cups white sugar
- 1 1⁄2 cups cake flour (my grandma recommends "Soft as Silk")
- 3⁄4 cup white sugar
directions
- Preheat oven to 300F (to bake for an hour) or 375F (to bake for a 1/2 hour).
- Beat 2 cups egg whites until very stiff (you'll see peaks).
- Add 1/4 tsp salt and 2 tsp cream of tarter, beat some more.
- Add almond and vanilla extracts to egg mix.
- Slowly beat in 1 1/2 cups sugar.
- In a separate bowl, sift 1 1/2 cups cake flour 3 times, then add 3/4 cups of white sugar and sift once more.
- Fold the flour mixture into the egg mixture one spoonful at a time using a wire whisk.
- Place in ungreased angel food cake pan.
- Bake at 300F for an hour or 375F for 30 minutes.
- When the top of the cake is a golden brown, turn upside down to cool.
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