High Altitude Angel Food Cake With Variations
"This unique variation of plain angel food is nice for an autumn dessert when served with whipped cream. A topping of whipped cream mixed with crushed peanut brittle, crushed peppermint candy, or fresh or frozen fruit is delicious on slices of angel food cake. Posted in response to a recipe request. Source: New Mexico State University."
photo by Anonymous
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
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For 5000 Feet
- 1 cup cake flour, sifted
- 1 tablespoon cake flour, sifted
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 3⁄4 cups egg whites (refrigerator temperature)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
directions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Sift flour and 1 cup sugar together three times.
- Place 1 3/4 cups egg whites, salt, and cream of tartar into mixing bowl and beat at high speed until fairly stiff (not stiff peak).
- Slowly add 1/2 cup sugar, close to beater.
- Add almond extract and vanilla.
- Beat until quite stiff but not dry.
- Add sifted sugar-flour mixture by fourths.
- Mix on low speed 10 seconds after each of first three additions and 20 seconds after last addition.
- Scrape down sides constantly during this mixing.
- Pour batter into a 10-inch, ungreased tube pan.
- Bake approximately 30 minutes.
- Remove from oven and cool in inverted pan.
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Altitude Adjustments:
- 7,500 ft: Increase flour to 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons Reduce the 1 cup of sugar to 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons.
- 10,000 ft: Increase flour to 1 1/4 cups. Reduce the 1 cup of sugar to 3/4 cup. Increase the baking temperature to 425°.
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Variations:
- Chocolate Angel Food Cake: Substitute 1/4 cup sifted cocoa for 1/4 cup cake flour in step 2 . Omit almond extract and increase vanilla to 1 1/2 teaspoons.
- Spice Angel Food Cake: Sift 1/2 tsp nutmeg, 1/4 tsp cloves, and 1 tsp cinnamon with the flour. Omit vanilla and almond extracts.
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Reviews
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I live at about 6000 feet in Colorado. <br/><br/>I've spent a long, long time looking for a good high-altitude angel food cake recipe. I was highly skeptical of this one at first -- it defies almost every convention you've ever heard about high altitude angel cakes, like "beat until quite stiff but not try" instead of under-beating to soft peaks like every other recipe says.<br/><br/>This is the one. I won't use any other. I've made it three times now, and every time, it came out taller and fluffier and more melt-in-your-mouthy than any other angel food cake recipe I have ever tried.
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I tried a number of recipes to get a good angel food cake here in Colorado Springs... at abotu 6500 ft. I used this recipe including the 7500ft variation and it came out great. Thanks! -
I live in Denver and this cake turned out beautifully! The recipe was super simple to follow, and didn’t require a food processor like others I’ve tried. This is the only recipe I’ll be using for angel food cake from now on.
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Perfect. I tried out this and another very highly rated high-altitude angel-food cake (at 6,500 ft.), and this came out taller, lighter, and more delectable. It went beautifully with fruit salad and whipped cream for my son's 1st birthday.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Molly53
United States
