An After Dinner Dessert Tonight

Angel food cake is a nice way to enjoy a dessert after dinner. Many people will make a dessert cake for bake sales. It is an easy cake that anyone can make with a kitchen aid hand mixer and a few ingredients. It takes less than an hour to bake. Try to use fresh ingredients when baking the cake. There are egg whites that can be purchased at the grocery store. They charge a little more for these. It can be pretty easy to separate the whites from the yokes. It might take a little practice if it is your first time. It might be a good idea to have extra eggs on hand. Making lemon zest is just a matter of grating the lemon.

Put an oven rack in the middle. In a large mixing bowl begin to froth twelve egg whites. An electric hand mixer will make this a quick step. Medium speed should do the job. Splash in a tablespoon of lemon zest. Then put in 1 and 1/2 teaspoons of extract of vanilla. This mixture should be beaten for 5 minutes.

Slowly add in a cup and a half of powder sugar. For the next two minutes the froth should begin to become more firm. Sift a cup of flour over the mixture. Then take a spatula and fold the concoction it all the flour is mixed in properly. Because the flour was sifted in there should not be too many lumps. If there are lumps then break them down before continuing.

A ten inch nonstick angel food cake pan should be of sufficient size. Pour the mix into the cake pan and put it in the oven for about forty to forty five minutes. The top will begin to brown when it is done. Sticking a toothpick in the angel food and removing it with no cake attached will indicate that the cake is done.

Now that you have this moist and delicious cake you can decide on what to top it with. There are all kinds of sauces that can be made to taste. Most of these sauces can be made with any combination of flavors with a plain yogurt.

Angel food is such a light cake so don’t try a frosting. The cake will not support this type of topping. Try using a cuisinart hand mixer or whisking some yogurt, lemon juice and honey together. This is a very light sauce that has a lot of flavor.

Angel cake is a light and delicious way to end a meal. Many people enjoy angel cake. Try a family favorite any day of the week.

Posted on July 13th, 2010 by authorgen
Filed under: Self Improvement