Feather Light Angel Food Cake with Egg White Frosting
Yield
12 servingsPrep
25 minCook
45 minReady
70 minLow Fat, Fat-Free, Low in Saturated Fat, Low Cholesterol, Cholesterol-Free, Trans-fat Free, Low Sodium
Ingredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
⅔ | cup |
cake flour
plain |
|
¼ | cup |
cornstarch
|
|
⅔ | cup |
sugar, superfine
|
|
10 | large |
egg whites
|
|
11/2 | tablespoons |
cream of tartar
|
* |
1 | cup |
sugar, superfine
extra |
|
1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
* |
11/4 | cups |
sugar, superfine
frosting |
|
1 | cup |
water
frosting |
|
3 | large |
egg whites
frosting |
Ingredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
158 | ml |
cake flour
plain |
|
59 | ml |
cornstarch
|
|
158 | ml |
sugar, superfine
|
|
1E+1 | large |
egg whites
|
|
83 | ml |
cream of tartar
|
* |
237 | ml |
sugar, superfine
extra |
|
5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
* |
651 | ml |
sugar, superfine
frosting |
|
237 | ml |
water
frosting |
|
3 | large |
egg whites
frosting |
Directions
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius
- Sift flour and cornflour twice onto a sheet of greese proof paper
- add caster sugar and sift again
- Beat egg whites in a large bowl
- Add cream of tartar and beat until combined
- Add sugar gradually beating until it has disolved
- Add vanilla essence
- Using a metal spoon fold in flour 3 batches
- Spoon into a 23 cm angel cake tin
- Let it cool down and run a knife along it to loosen it
FROSTING
- Combine sugar and water in a pan/pot
- Stir over a low heat until mixture boils
- Let simmer for 5 minutes
- Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form
- Pour hot syrup over egg whites