How To Make Vanilla Bean Angel Food Cake
Whip up a heavenly dessert with this angel food cake recipe flavored with rich vanilla bean. Serve up decadent slices of these for your next dinner party!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1¾cupsgranulated sugar
- ¼tspsalt
- 1cupcake flour,sifted
- 12large egg whites,room temperature
- ⅓cupwater,warm
- 2vanilla beans,seeded, or another 1 tsp vanilla
- ½tspvanilla extract
- 1½tspcream of tartar
- whipped cream,sweetened, for serving
- strawberries,sliced or macerated, for serving
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
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In a food processor, pulse the sugar for 2 minutes until super fine.
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In a mixing bowl, sift together half of the sugar, the cake flour, and the salt.
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In a separate large mixing bowl, whisk together the egg whites, water, vanilla beans, vanilla extract, and cream of tartar for 2 minutes until well combined.
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Switch to a hand mixer, then whip mixture on medium speed while slowly adding the remaining sugar to the mixture, until medium peaks form.
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Sift just enough of the flour mixture to evenly dust the top of the egg white mixture, then using a spatula, gently fold the flour layer into the egg white mixture.
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Continue this process until all of the flour mixture has been incorporated, adding small amounts of flour at a time. Work gently to keep the batter from deflating.
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Gently spoon the batter evenly into an ungreased angel food cake pan. Do not grease the pan.
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Bake in the oven for 35 minutes, then check for doneness by inserting a wooden chopstick or skewer halfway down through the cake; it should come out clean.
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Remove the cake from oven, then cool the cake upside down on a wire rack.
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Cool for at least 1 hour before removing from the pan.
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Cut into slices, then serve with whipped cream and strawberries amd enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 175.23kcal
- Fat: 0.15g
- Saturated Fat: 0.01g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 0.01g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.04g
- Carbohydrates: 38.67g
- Fiber: 0.19g
- Sugar: 29.51g
- Protein: 4.53g
- Sodium: 104.30mg
- Calcium: 4.57mg
- Potassium: 129.74mg
- Iron: 0.89mg
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