Angel Food Cakes

As most of you know.. I do not bake. So in knowing that, what do you think about me making not ONE, but TWO Angel Food Cakes?  Yep that is what I tried with two different recipes. My hens are laying eggs and I needed to use up a few! So saturday this is what I did.

Homemade Angel Food Cake

1 ½ cups egg whites (about 12)

1 cup cake flour

1 cup confectioners’ sugar

1 tsp. cream of tarter

1 tsp. vanilla extract

Pinch of salt

1 ¼ cups sugar

First you let the egg whites stand at room temp for 30 minutes. Sift flour and confectioners’ sugar together 2 times. And set aside. IN a large mixing bowl, beat the egg whites, cream of tartar, vanilla and salt on med speed until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar about 2 tbsp. at a time beating on high until stiff glossy peaks form.  Gradually fold in flour mixture about ½ cups at a time.

Gently spoon into a 10 inch ungreased tube pan. Cut through batter with a knife to remove air bubbles.  Bake on lowest rack at 325 for 50 -60 minutes until top springs back when lightly touched and cracks feel dry. Immediately invert pan onto bottle until completely cooled

Run a knife around the sides and tube of pan. Invert onto a serving plate.

I then tried Rainbow Angel food cake

This recipe says to use

1 ½ cups egg white

1 cup cake flour

1 ½ cups sugar divided

1 ½ tsp. cream of tartar

1 ½ tsp. vanilla extract

¼ tsp. salt

Red, yellow and green food coloring

Let egg whites sit a room temp for mins.  Sift flour and ¾ cup sugar together twice.  Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat the egg whites, cream of tartar, vanilla and salt until soft peaks form. Gradually add remaining sugar, beating on high until stiff glossy peaks form. Gradually fold in flour mixture a fourth at a time.

Divide batter into three bowls. To the first bowl add 1 drop red and one drop of yellow. Second bowl, add 2 drops yellow and the third 2 drops green. Fold in colors.

Spoon Orange batter into ungreased tube pan. Cover bottom, spoon yellow over orange but do not mix. Spoon green over yellow. Bake on lowest rack at 375 for 30-35 minutes. Invert pan on bottle and let cool.  Run knife around side and tube and invert over plate.

That is how I made two. Now I liked the three colored one.  My niece and her family said the homemade one tasted like a campfire marshmallow.  Here are my attempts... In pictures….