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I made my first ever Angel's Food Cake from scratch yesterday. I used the "Joy of Cooking" recipe and followed it to the letter. I baked it according to directions in a tube pan with a removable bottom. The cake came out very tasty, but was definetly a sponge cake in texture. There is another recipe in the book, under the topic Angel Cakes, for sponge cake. But that's not the texture I was looking for. It was good with the strawberry sauce that was served over it though.
I did whip 1-1/2 cups egg-whites mixed with 1 tbs lemon juice and 1 tbs water until frothy, added a tsp. of cream of tartar and whipped until the shites were firm but not dry. I gently folded in quarter cup amounts, very fine sugar sifted together with 1 tsp. salt, and 1 cup cake flower. The dry ingredients were sifted 3 times according to recipe directions before adding to the beaten egg. Baked at 350 for 45 min.
Anyone have any ideas what I may have done wrong with this cake?
Seeeeeeya; Goodweed of the North
I did whip 1-1/2 cups egg-whites mixed with 1 tbs lemon juice and 1 tbs water until frothy, added a tsp. of cream of tartar and whipped until the shites were firm but not dry. I gently folded in quarter cup amounts, very fine sugar sifted together with 1 tsp. salt, and 1 cup cake flower. The dry ingredients were sifted 3 times according to recipe directions before adding to the beaten egg. Baked at 350 for 45 min.
Anyone have any ideas what I may have done wrong with this cake?
Seeeeeeya; Goodweed of the North