{"id":14776,"date":"2017-09-20T23:01:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T06:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=14776"},"modified":"2023-06-23T09:00:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T16:00:42","slug":"basic-angel-food-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/basic-angel-food-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Angel Food Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>INGREDIENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Muffin rings lined with paper and sprayed<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 C castor (confectioner) sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 C Cake Flour &#8211; NOT self-rising<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 tsp baking soda<br \/>\n<strong>Meringue<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>2 tsp Cream of Tartar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp Salt<\/li>\n<li>14 large Egg Whites<\/li>\n<li>1 TBL warm water<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp vanilla<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 C granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp Citric Acid<br \/>\n<strong>Topping<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>1\/2 C granulated sugar (for fruit)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>STEP BY STEP<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Place muffin ring in center of an oven-safe skillet<br \/>\n<strong>For Meringue:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Beat egg whites to foamy peaks &#8211; not stiff peaks<\/li>\n<li>Add salt, cream of tartar and 1\/2 C granulated sugar early into beating process<\/li>\n<li>Add castor sugar, citric acid, vanilla and warm water as you approach stiff peaks<\/li>\n<li>Pour into large mixing bowl<br \/>\n<strong>For Cake:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Fold in CAKE flour 1 TBL at a time &#8211; Don&#8217;t use AP flour.&nbsp; Cake flour is a finer grind than AP flour.&nbsp; DO NOT overmix<\/li>\n<li>Fill baking ring about 3\/4 full<\/li>\n<li>Even out top and tap to remove bubbles<\/li>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350\u00ba<\/li>\n<li>Place pan of hot water on the bottom shelf<\/li>\n<li>Bake pie at 350\u00ba for 60 minutes (see note at bottom)<br \/>\n<strong>Topping:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Add 1 stick butter ti skillet<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 C sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 C grand marnier or rum<\/li>\n<li>Mix together then add quartered strawberries, blackberries and blueberries &#8211; or other fruit topping<br \/>\n<strong>Cake:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Cool before removing from ring for at least one hour<\/li>\n<li>Serve with macerated (eg) strawberries and lemon juice plus sour cream, vanilla and sour cream<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Topping<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Use strawberries, blueberries, etc<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle 1\/2 C sugar<\/li>\n<li>Mash the fruit slightly using two forks<\/li>\n<li>Let them macerate while you bake your cake<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Variation<br \/>\n<\/strong>You can use biscuit rings or lady-finger molds instead of a bundt pan.&nbsp; If you do this, reduce cooking time to 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INGREDIENTS Muffin rings lined with paper and sprayed 3\/4 C castor (confectioner) sugar 1 C Cake Flour &#8211; NOT self-rising 1\/4 tsp baking soda Meringue 2 tsp Cream of Tartar 1\/2 tsp Salt 14 large Egg Whites 1 TBL warm water 2 tsp vanilla 1\/2 C granulated sugar 1\/2 tsp Citric Acid Topping 1\/2 C &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/basic-angel-food-cake\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Basic Angel Food Cake&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,210],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dessert","category-beatitudes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14776"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22994,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14776\/revisions\/22994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}