Angel Food Cake

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar
• 1 cup of flour
• 1 teaspoon of cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• the beaten whites of 11 eggs

Method

1. 1

   Mix together and sift the powdered sugar, flour, cream of tartar, and salt 8 times.

2. 2

   Add flavoring and fold in the beaten whites of eggs.

3. 3

   Put in a floured tin and bake slowly, then increase the heat for 1 hour.

4. 4

   Invert and rest the edges of the pan on cups until cool.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 370. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

cups of flour, in which a teaspoon of baking powder has been sifted; flavor to taste. Bake.— Mrs. A. E. Rouland, 506 S. 4th Ave., Maywood, 111. VARIATION III. — Cream together >4 cup shortening, butter preferred^ and 1 cup sugar; add 2 beaten eggs, 1 cup milk and enough flour to make a batter, sifted with 2 teaspoons of baking powder.— Mrs. Frank R. Webber, 1001 S. 7th Ave., Maywood, 111. VARIATION IV. — Lay a paper in the mixing dish and put all the dry ingredients into your sifter. Sift on to the paper and take up the paper and pour back into the sifter. Repeat the pro- cess several times, and the last time sift into the dish. — Mrs. E. J. McGrafif, 315 S. 5th Ave., Maywood, 111. ALMOND NUT CAKE.— Cream together 2 eggs, 1 cup gran- ulated sugar, 14 cup butter, 1 cup sweet milk, l4 cup chopped nuts, 2 cups flour, sifted with 2 teaspoons of baking powder. — Mrs, Al- bert Francis, Franklin Park, 111. ALMOND PARLOR. — 6 eggs, lj4 cups sugar, rind of a lem- on, J4 lb. each of almonds and citron, IJ^ cups wheat bread COOK COUNTY COOK BOOK 541 crumbs, 1 teaspoon baking powder, and }i teaspoon cinnamon. Boil the juice of 1 lemon and sugar, pour over the cake while hot. —Mrs. Klug, 25 N. 5th Ave., Maywood, 111. ANGEL FOOD CAKE.— Mix together and sift 8 times V/2 cups of powdered sugar, 1 cup of tlour^ 1 teaspoon of cream tartar, 1 teaspoon of salt; add rose or vanilla flavoring, and fold in care- fully the beaten whites of 11 eggs

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