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McCall's Angel Food Cake Serves 20 Ingredients 1 3/4 cups egg whites (12-14), warmed to room temp 1 1/4 cups sifted cake flour 1 3/4 cups sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon almond extract Directions 1. Preheat oven to 375F 2. Sift flour with 3/4 cup sugar. Sift three times. 3. Beat egg whites with salt and cream of tartar until soft peaks form. 4. Gradually beat in remaining sugar, 1/4 cup at a time, beating well after each addition. Continue beating until stiff peaks form. 5. With wire whisky, gently fold in vanilla and almond extract. 6. Sift flour mixture, one fourth at a time over egg whites. Gently fold into whites about 15 times. 7. With a rubber scraper, gently push batter into an un-greased 10-inch tube pan. With a knife, cut through the batter twice then spread batter until it is smooth on top. 8. Bake on lower oven rack, 35-40 minutes. 9. Invert pan over neck of bottle and let cool completely - about 2 hours. 10. Serve plan or frost as desired. - See more at: http://reebeckisupergirl.blogspot.com/2013/06/a-failure-in-baking-angel-food-cake.html#sthash.nFMv3cVa.dpuf

McCall's Angel Food Cake
from 1976 cookbook

Serves 20

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups egg whites (12-14), warmed to room temp

1 1/4 cups sifted cake flour

1 3/4 cups sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon almond extract

Directions 1. Preheat oven to 375F 2. Sift flour with 3/4 cup sugar. Sift three times. 3.

Beat egg whites with salt and cream of tartar until soft peaks form. 4.

Gradually beat in remaining sugar, 1/4 cup at a time, beating well after each addition.

Continue beating until stiff peaks form.

5. With wire whisky, gently fold in vanilla and almond extract.

6. Sift flour mixture, one fourth at a time over egg whites.

Gently fold into whites about 15 times.

7. With a rubber scraper, gently push batter into an un-greased 10-inch tube pan.

With a knife, cut through the batter twice then spread batter until it is smooth on top.

8. Bake on lower oven rack, 35-40 minutes.

9. Invert pan over neck of bottle and let cool completely - about 2 hours.

10. Serve plan or frost as desired. -