Light Angel Food Cake

Name: Light Angel Food Cake
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: 1 cup, sifted cake flour (3 ounces; 85 grams); 1 1/2 cups, sifted granulated sugar (10 1/2 ounces; 298 grams); 12 , large egg whites (1 3/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons), at room temperature; 1 teaspoon, cream of tartar; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 1 1/2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1 1/2 teaspoons, lemon juice; 1/2 teaspoon, almond extract

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2006

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We wanted an angel food cake that would appeal to the masses, not just to those counting calories.

SERVES12

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To get an angel food cake recipe for a tall, perfectly shaped cake with a snowy white, tender crumb encased in a thin, delicate, golden crust, we experimented with egg whites. We found the key was the speed at which we beat the egg whites, ...

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