
How To Make Angel Food Cupcakes
These angel food cupcakes are light and delicate, just like an angel’s wings. It’s finished off with whipped cream and fresh berries.
Serves:
Ingredients
- ¾cupgranulated sugar
- 2tbspgranulated sugar
- ½cupcake flour
- ¼tspsalt
- 6egg whites,at room temperature
- 2½tbspwarm water
- ½tspvanilla,coconut, almond or orange extract
- ¾tspcream of tartar
For Cream Cheese Whipped Cream Topping:
- 1½cupsheavy whipping cream
- 6ozcream cheese,softened
- ½cuppowdered sugar
- fresh strawberries,blueberries or raspberries
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a food processor, pulse sugar for about 2 minutes or 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 large mixing bowl, whisk together egg whites, water, extract of choice and cream of tartar for about 2 minutes, or until well combined.
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Switch to a hand mixer and whip mixture on medium speed while slowly adding remaining sugar to the mixture, until medium peaks form.
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Sift just enough of the flour mixture in to evenly dust the top of the egg white mixture and using a spatula, gently fold flour layer into egg white mixture. Continue this process until all of the flour mixture has been incorporated.
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Divide batter among paper-lined muffin cups, filling each cup nearly full.
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Bake in preheated oven for 18 to 20 minutes until golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
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Cool completely then spread Cream Cheese Whipped Cream over cupcakes just before serving. Top with fresh fruit.
Cream Cheese Whipped Cream Topping:
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In a mixing bowl, whip heavy cream until soft peaks form.
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In a separate mixing bowl, whip cream cheese until light and fluffy.
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Add cream cheese to whipped cream along with powdered sugar and whip until stiff peaks form. Store in refrigerator.
Nutrition
- Calories: 191.64kcal
- Fat: 11.95g
- Saturated Fat: 7.20g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 3.30g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.48g
- Carbohydrates: 19.25g
- Fiber: 0.07g
- Sugar: 15.65g
- Protein: 2.52g
- Cholesterol: 42.26mg
- Sodium: 100.50mg
- Calcium: 26.48mg
- Potassium: 75.74mg
- Iron: 0.38mg
- Vitamin A: 130.61µg
- Vitamin C: 0.13mg
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