Homemade Angel Food Cake
My Homemade Angel Food Cake recipe is special with it's spongy, sweet cake that carries a hint of vanilla. Save it so you can make it for everyone you love!
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Servings: 10 people
Equipment
- Stand mixer
- Angel Food Cake Pan
Ingredients
- 12 large egg whites at room temperature
- 1 cup cake flour
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar, divided
- 1 Tbsp. Vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp. sea salt
- 1 1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
Ingredients for the homemade whipped cream
- 1 pint cold, heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
Ingredients for the strawberries
- 3 cups chopped strawberries
- 2 Tbsp. sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Combine the egg whites, salt and vanilla in a mixing bowl and using the wire attachment beat on medium speed until soft peaks form. This will take about 5 minutes.
- Then add the cream of tartar and beat on high speed until glossy, stiff peaks begin to form. About another 4 minutes.
- Remove the bowl from the stand mixer and using a spatula fold half of the sugar into the egg white mix. You want to do this slowly and fold in about 1/4 cup at a time.
- In another bowl, whisk or sift together the other half of the sugar and the cake flour. The slowly fold this into the batter mix using a spatula.
- Next, spoon into an un-greased Angel Food Cake tube pan and bake for 45 minutes.
- When you remove the cake from the oven, immediately flip it over so that it cools inverted. Leave it like this for about 2 hours.
- Make the whipped cream and strawberries during this time. For the whipped cream, mix all the ingredients together for about 7 minutes in the stand mixer or with a hand mixer. The cream should be stiff with nice fluffy peaks. Cover it and refrigerate it until you need it. Mix the strawberries and sugar together in a separate bowl, cover and refrigerate.
- Use a knife to help loosen the cake from the sides of the pan to remove it.
- When ready to serve, mix 1 cup of the strawberries and their juices into the whipped cream. Then top the cake. Add the additional strawberries on top of the whipped cream to serve.