Ms. Cook's Table: Angel Food Cake

Angel Food Cake

Ingredients:
  • 1 1/4 cups egg whites (from 8 to 9 large eggs), at room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup sifted cake flour (sift before measuring)
  • Fruit of the season
  • Whipped cream icing
Steps:
  1. In a large mixing bowl, beat egg whites on high speed until very stiff.
  2. Add cream of tartar, salt and vanilla.
  3. Beat until egg whites form stiff peaks.
  4. Add the sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, beating well after each addition.
  5. Sift the flour twice.
  6. Fold into egg whites.
  7. Pour batter into an ungreased tube pan.
  8. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 45 minutes or until cake tests done.
  9. Immediately invert pan over - resting on a bottleneck or the type cake pan with legs on the rim for an hour or more.
  10. Loosen cooled cake from sides with knife or spatula, remove from pan, and use whipped cream topping below and/or fresh fruit.