Easy Angel Food Cake Recipe: How to Make a Delicious Homemade Angel Food Cake

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Angel food cake is a classic American dessert. It’s light and fluffy, not too sweet, and easy to make from scratch!

This is a recipe for an easy angel food cake that will rival any bakery around! You can also find more tips on how to bake the perfect angel food cake below.

Don’t forget to make the strawberry sauce and homemade whipped cream for the ultimate tasty dessert!

Alright, let’s get baking!

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Here’s what you need to make Angel Food Cake Recipe

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• Measuring cups, spoons or scale
• Food processor or blender
• Stand or hand mixer
• Spatula
• Large bowl
• Angel food cake pan/Tube pan
• Cooling rack

What ingredients do you need to make Angel Food Cake?

• Granulated sugar
• Cake flour – Don’t worry if you don’t have cake flour, you can easily make your own cake flour substitute!
• Salt
• Egg whites
• Cream of Tartar
• Vanilla Extract
• Strawberry Sauce
• Homemade Whipped Cream

Here’s How to Make this Easy Angel Food Cake Recipe

Adjust rack to lower-middle portion of the oven, and preheat the oven to 325°F (163°C).

In a food processor or blender, pulse the granulated sugar until the sugar is fine and powdery. Scoop out about 1 cup of the sugar and set it aside.

Add the cake flour and salt into the food processor, along with the remaining sugar and pulse it about 8-10 times to combine and aerate the ingredients. Set aside. 

In a large mixing bowl, add the egg whites and cream of tartar, and whisk until frothy using a stand or hand-held mixer at low or medium speed. It may take about a minute to get frothy.

While mixing, you can add the reserved cup of sugar in about 3 additions. Continue mixing on medium or medium-low speed until soft peaks form. It does take a while to get to soft peaks, about 6-10 minutes.

Add the vanilla extract, and mix until just incorporated. 

At this point,  you will sift 1/3 of the cake flour mixture into the egg mixture and carefully fold it in until well incorporated. Continue this two more times until the cake flour mixture is completely added.

Pour the cake batter into an ungreased tube pan. This is Important! You will be cooling your cake upside-down so you don’t want your cake falling out of the pan!

Run a knife around the edge of the pan to release any bubbles, and give the pan a gentle jiggle to smooth out the top.

Bake the cake for about 40-45 minutes, rotating it halfway through. Your angel food cake is ready to come out when an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

Immediately after your remove the cake from the oven, flip the whole pan upside-down until completely cooled down, approximately 3 hours. You need to allow air to circulate around the pan so if your pan doesn’t have little feet on the top edge of the pan, you will need to flip it upside down on a cooling rack.

Once your cake is completely cooled, you can run a knife around the edges of the pan to release the cake from the sides and inner tube of the pan. Gently tap the bottom of the pan until the cake falls out of the pan.

Serve with strawberry sauce and homemade whipped cream. 

Can I use a bundt pan instead of a tube pan for angel food cake?

I do not recommend using a bundt pan instead of a tube pan for angel food cake. Bundts tend to have intricate details and ridges that make it difficult to unmold the cake.

How to cool angel food cake

Angel food cake is a light and airy dessert that needs to be cooled completely at room temperature before storing in the refrigerator. If you cool angel food cake too quickly, it will collapse on itself.

There are many options on how to cool angel food cake, but it really depends on the style of the pan you’re using. The key is that the base at both ends needs to be exposed to air so that heat can dissipate evenly and quickly.

Some pans have little feet at the top of the pan that allows you to easily flip your cake upside down to rest on the feet. Easy peasy, just go ahead and do that!

If you don’t have the tube pan with the feet, check to see if the middle tube rises above the outside of the pan, you can turn over the angel food cake pan onto a cooling rack, by having it balance on the middle tube.

However, if your pan doesn’t have feet, or a middle tube that is higher than the exterior edge of the pan, you will need to either flip it over and insert a glass bottle in the hole or place cans under the ridge to elevate the pan off of your work surface. It doesn’t matter what you choose, you just need to allow air to surround the pan while sitting upside-down.

How long does it take for an angel food cake to bake?

An 9-10″ sized angel food cake will be done in about 40-45 minutes. Make sure to turn after about 20 minutes. At about 40 minutes you can check to see if the cake is done by inserting a toothpick, and adjusting the time as needed.

How to tell when angel food cake is done

Once an inserted toothpick comes out clean, the angel food cake is ready to come out of the oven.

How to store angel food cake

Once the angel food cake is completely cooled you can store it in an airtight container in the fridge or at room temperature, for up to five days.

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