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Angel food cake

Name: Angel food cake
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 12 whites at room temperature egg white; 1 1/2 cups divided, superfine sugar; 1 cup maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 2 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch); 1 tsp lemon juice; 1 tsp vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract); 1/4 tsp salt; 1 1/2 cups to serve strawberries

Egg whites, sugar and flour baked into the lightest cake on earth. Zero butter, all cloud.

75 minTime

4 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayEgg whites, sugar, cake flour, no butter.

The original

161kcalsame

4 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

75minutessame

Classic American angel food cake.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Egg white12 whites, at room temperature

Sugar1½ cups, divided, superfine

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1 cup

Cornflour (cornstarch)2 tbsp

Lemon juice1 tsp

Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)1 tsp

Salt¼ tsp

Strawberries1½ cups, to serve

Method

5 steps

1Heat the oven to 175 C. Sift the maida, cornflour and 100 g sugar together three times.
2Whisk whites with salt and lemon juice to soft peaks, then add the remaining sugar slowly until glossy, firm peaks form. Add vanilla.
3Sift a quarter of the flour over and fold gently. Repeat.
4Spoon into an ungreased tube pan, run a knife through to remove air pockets and bake 35 to 40 minutes.
5Invert immediately and cool upside down for 2 hours. Release with a knife.

Serve it like this

Tear or saw into wedges with a serrated knife and serve with macerated strawberries and lightly whipped cream.

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Angel food cake

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