Easy Angel Food Cake Recipe | Light, Airy, & Delicious!

cake flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: all-purpose flour

Whole wheat flour adds more fiber, while all-purpose flour is often less expensive.

Sift or whisk together 1 cup cake flour, 3/4 cup superfine white sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a bowl.

Beat 1 and 1/2 cups egg whites and 1 and 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar until soft peaks form.

Gradually beat in another 3/4 cup superfine sugar, a tablespoon at a time, until the meringue holds stiff peaks and is thick and glossy.

Beat in 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and 1/2 teaspoon almond extract.

Sift the flour mixture over the egg whites about 1/4 of the flour mixture at a time and gently but quickly fold the flour into the egg whites, being careful not to overfold the batter.

Pour the batter into the angel food cake pan and run a wooden skewer through the batter to get rid of any air pockets.

Smooth the top of the batter and bake at 350° F for about 35 to 40 minutes.

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