Angel Food Cake Recipe
This recipe is excerpted from my "Cooking with Mickey Mouse" cookbook. It is made at The Land Grille Room at Disney's EPCOT Center.
Yields: 1 cake
Ingredients:
13/4 cups egg whites 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
13/4 cups granulated sugar 1/8 teaspoon lemon zest
11/2 teaspoons cream of tarter (grated from lemon rind)
1/2 teaspoon salt Strawberry coulis (recipe follows)
11/4 cups cake flower
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In a large mixing bowl, whip egg whites until stiff peaks form. Combine sugar and cream of tartar abnd add to stiffly beaten egg whites. Sift cake flour and salt and add to egg whites in thirds, mixing well after each addition. Finally, add vanilla and lemon zest, folding carefully so as not to break down batter.
Pour mixture into an ungreased angel food cake pan and bake 40 to 50 minutes, or until crust is golden brown.
Allow cake to cool upside-down on a bottle, so that no pressure is on the cake. Cool approximately 2 hours.
Serve with fresh berries and strawberry coulis.
Strawberry Coulis
2 cups strawberries, fresh
11/2 cup granulated sugar
1 cup strawberry jam
11/2 cup water
Puree all ingredients in a blender or food processor and pass through a large sieve. Serve with angel food cake.
