Angel Food Cake Recipe

Frances Jones Angel Food Cake

Heat oven to 350

1 1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar

1 cup sifted flour- cake or regular flour

1 1/2 cup egg whites (11-12 large)

1 1/2 tsp cream of tartar

1 tsp vanilla

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup granulated sugar

!. In one bowl sift together powdered sugar and flour; repeat sifting twice more.

2. In a large mixer bowl beat the egg whites, cream of tartar, vanilla, and salt at medium speed until soft peaks form.

3. Gradually add the granulated sugar about 2 tbls at a time. Sprinkle the sugar gently on top of the egg mixture. This way the sugar won't weigh down the whipped eggs. Continue beating until stiff peaks form.

4. Sift about 1/4 of the flour mixture over the egg whites, folding in lightly by hand. Repeat, folding in remaining flour mixture by fourths.

5. Turn into an ungreased 10 in pan. Bake 60 mins or until done.

6. To cool turn cake pan upside down and let cool.

7. After cake is cool to touch, turn the pan over and with a sharp knife carefully loosen the sides of the cake. Cover with a serving plate and flip it over.

8. Ice with icing of your choice.

This cake requires a cake pan with the tube in the middle.

Angel Food Cakes

Sister Kathie has shared a recipe for Angel Food cake that our Grandmother Jones used to make. Kathie said that once a month Grandma Jones would make 12 of these Angel Food cakes from scratch for her Ladies monthly meeting. TWELVE! Can you image? By hand-no electric appliances-a wood burning stove. I'm guessing a wood burning stove.

The recipe calls for twelve egg whites. That's 144 egg whites for 12 cakes. Can you imagine? Not to mention the powdered sugar and flour being sifted together three times each. Those ladies sure loved Grandma's Angel Food Cake. I wonder where she got the powdered sugar from?

I have made five of these yummy cakes. I had been fretting about what would I do with 12 yolks when the Holy Spirit told me buy the egg whites in a carton. Problem solved. I wonder what Grandma Jones would think of this new fangled invention called egg whites in a carton.

I Had A Dream

This is what I saw in my dream-

The story behind this is that this is my mother's family silver plated coffee set. The base of the coffee pot had broken off. One night I saw in a dream what it would look like as a lamp. There were a few challenges in making things fit, but I think the end product is really nice. A big hug and thanks to my sweet hubby for all his help.