Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Angel's Food

Ingredients

  • The whites of 11 eggs 
  • 1 1/2 tumblers of sifted powdered sugar [a tumbler is 1 cup]
  • 1 tumbler of sifted flour
  • 1 teaspoon of cream of tartar

Directions

  1. Sift the flour four times, leaving the tumbler even full.
  2. Add the cream of tartar and sift again.
  3. Beat the eggs to a stiff froth in a pan. (Pan must never have been greased, and have dimensions of 2.5 gills [1 1/4 cups])
  4. While beating, add sugar to the eggs lightly.
  5. Flour the eggs gently, while still beating.
  6. Do not stop beating until the dish is put in a moderately heated oven to bake.
  7. Bake in oven for 40 minutes, if too soft let it remain a few minutes longer.
  8. Leave in oven, and do not open the oven until it has been in 15 minutes.
  9. Turn the pan upside down to cool.
  10. When cold, take out the cake by loosening it with a knife
  11. Ice cake 
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Catherine Young
Louisiana Anthology
December 19, 2023


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