Angel Food Cake

Ingredients

• Eleven or twelve large egg whites
• 1 tsp salt
• one and one-half cups of sugar
• 1 cup and 1 tablespoon of flour
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• vanilla
• almond

Method

1. 1

   Beat egg whites until foamy, but not dry.

2. 2

   Sift sugar and flour with cream of tartar five times.

3. 3

   Beat in sugar, half at a time.

4. 4

   Add flavoring and beat thoroughly.

5. 5

   Fold in flour gradually.

6. 6

   Bake for 45 or 50 minutes, first 20 minutes in very slow oven, then increase heat.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Delicacies (1929) by Thursday Club (San Diego, Calif.), page 39. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Angel Food Cake Eleven or twelve large egg whiles and one tsp salt. Beat until foamy, but not dry. Sift one and one-half cups of sugar five times and 1 cup and 1 tablespoon of flour with 1 tea- spoon cream of tartar five times (Measure after sifting once.) Beat in sugar, half at a time. Add flavoring (vanilla and al- mond) and beat thoroughly. Fold in flour gradually. Bake 45 or 50 minutes. The first 20 minutes in very slow oven, then increase heat, decreasing at last, if necessary. Use Swans- down cake flour. —Mrs. Richard Meredith Bowen. Quick One — Egg Cake Put one egg in measuring cup, fill cup with sweet cream, beat egg and cream very light, add 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour, sifted twice with 1 teaspoon baking powder. Bake in two layers. Icing. Y cup sour cream 1 cup brown sugar Boil until thick, spread on cake, sprinkle with walnuts. — Mrs. J. M. McColl. Burnt Sugar Cake Burn 2 tablespoons of sugar to a dark brown, add 1 cup of boiling water. Let cool and use for liquid in cake. Cream : \y2 cups sugar Yi cup butter 3 egg yolks Add liquid, then 2l/2 cups of flour with 2 teaspoons bak- ing powder, 1 teaspoon vanilla, last whites of eggs well beaten. Bake in moderate oven in any kind of cake pan. Carmel Icing. Yi cup butter 2 cups brown sugar Y2 cup cream 1 teaspoon vanilla Cook until it forms a solid ball in cold water ; heat and spread on cake. — Mrs. J. M. McColl. —94— Thursday Club Delicacies Cake Short Cake Cream % cup butter and 1 cup sugar. Add 2 well beaten eggs, ! 2 tsp salt,

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