Angel's Food

Ingredients

• 11 Eggs
• 1 7/8 cups of Powdered Sugar
• 1 1/4 cups of Flour
• 1 tsp. of Cream of Tartar

Directions

1. Heat oven to moderate temperature
2. Separate egg whites from yolks
3. Sift flour 4 times
4. Add cream of tartar and sift again
5. Sift powdered sugar
6. Beat egg whites to a stiff froth adding powdered sugar, flour, then vanilla gradually
7. Continue to beat until placed in greased pan
8. Bake for 40 minutes; leave in oven for a few minutes if too soft
9. Keep oven door closed for 15 minutes after baking finishes
10. Turn pan upside down to cool
11. Loosen cold cake from pan with a knife
12. Place cake in refrigerator

Source — Creole Cookery Book

Prepared by Hanna Blanchard

Louisiana Anthology

June 14, 2019