Angel Food Cake--Deluxe

Ingredients

• 1 cup of softasilk cake flour
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar (made from cane sugar)
• 1 1/2 cups egg whites (10-12 egg whites, room temperature)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2-1 teaspoon almond extract

Directions

1. 1

   .Heat oven to 375 degrees.

2. 2

   Stir together cake flour and confectioner's sugar; set aside.

3. 3

   In a large mixer bowl, beat egg whites, cream of tartar, and salt until foamy.

4. 4

   Add the granular sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, beating at high speed until the meringue holds stiff peaks. (This takes up to 10 minutes.).

5. 5

   Gently fold in the extracts by hand.

6. 6

   Sprinkle the flour-confectioner's sugar mixture, 1/4 cup at a time, over the meringue, folding it in gently just until flour-sugar mixture disappears. DO NOT OVER-MIX OR CAKE WILL BECOME TOUGH!

7. 7

   Push batter into ungreased tube pan, turning it several times to fill pan evenly. Gently cut through the batter with a knife to remove air bubbles.

8. 8

   Bake 30-35 minutes or until the top springs back when touched lightly with finger.

9. 9

   Remove from oven and immediately invert the tube over weighted glass bottle; let hang upside down until cake is completely cool (about 2 hours.).

10. 10

    To remove cooled cake from tube pan, loosen first by moving table knife up and down against side of pan. Next, turn the pan over and hit one side; the cake will slip out onto the platter.