Angel Food Loaf
This angel food loaf recipe makes a tasty simple cake. This recipe calls for a lot of egg whites, but the egg yolks can always be used to make an omelette so there is nothing wasted.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 2/3 cup confectioners' sugar
- 7 egg whites
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- Serves 4 - 6
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Line the bottom of a loaf pan with parchment. Do not grease.
- Sift flour and confectioner's sugar 3 times. Whip egg whites, cream of tartar, salt and vanilla until mixture is frothy. Continuing whipping gradually adding sugar until sugar is all gone and egg whites have formed soft peaks.
- In thirds fold in flour mixture into egg whites until incorporated. Do not over mix too much.
- Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and bake for 25 - 30 minutes or until cake is golden brown. Let cool completely on a wire rack upside down. You'll have to gently pull loaf off of sides of pan to release it. Serve
Original source: cookesfrontier.com
