There’s something about food that is almost philosophical to those of us who truly enjoy cooking. It’s not just something to slap on the table for dinner, but something to think about and ponder. There are feelings and memories attached to certain recipes. Good, well thought out meals, bring people together. In fact, I often joke that it was the food that convinced my husband to marry me.
Yesterday I shared my 5 life lessons learned from making an angle food cake from scratch. Today, I’ll share the recipe so you to can bask in the glow of well made food and philosophy!
This recipe, gleaned from the scrumptious archives of Martha Stewart, is different in that it calls for brown sugar instead of white. But when this is made carefully, it’s just about the best dessert in the world. Serve it with caramel ice cream and hot fudge sauce and you have a dessert that would be fit to serve at the fanciest of dinners. Serve it plain and it makes a great afternoon snack.
You will need:
14 large egg whites
1 1/2 cups light-brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 1/4 cups sifted cake flour (not self-rising)
Directions:
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Use the whisk attachment to your electric beater and beat the egg whites and sugar on medium speed until foamy; add cream of tartar.
Increase speed to high; beat egg whites until tripled in volume, stiff, and glossy. (To test for stiffness remove the whisk. . .a standing ‘peak’ should form.)
Transfer egg white mixture to a large bowl; fold in flour carefully in three additions.
Spoon batter into an unbuttered 10-inch angel-food-cake pan with a removable bottom.
Run a knife through batter to pop air pockets. Bake until cake is golden in color and springs back when gently pressed, about 45 minutes.
Invert pan onto the neck of a bottle and allow cake to cool, at least 1 hour. To remove cake from pan, run a knife around sides and center tube of pan.
Release cake from sides, and run a long knife along the bottom of the cake, freeing it from the tube. Serve with caramel ice cream and hot-fudge sauce.
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