Cherry angel food cake
3 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Sifted cake flour |
| 1½ | cup | Sugar |
| 12 | Egg whites | |
| 1½ | teaspoon | Cream of tartar |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ½ | teaspoon | Almond flavoring |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| ¼ | cup | Chopped maraschino cherries |
| Whipped cream | ||
| Whole maraschino cherries | ||
Directions
Sift flour and ¼ cup of the sugar together 3 times. Beat egg whites with cream of tartar and salt until soft peaks form. Beat in remaining ¼ cup of sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition. Continue beating until stiff peaks form. Fold in almond flavoring and vanilla. Sift dry ingredients, 2 tablespoons at a time, over beaten egg whites. Fold in gently with a wire whip. Fold in cherries. Carefully push batter into an ungreased 10 inch tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes, or until done.
Invert pan; let cool for 1 hour. Just before serving, frost with whipped cream and decorate with whole cherries. Randy Rigg Submitted By RANDY RIGG On 10-01-94