Ina Garten's Lemon Angel Food Cake

Ina Garten's Lemon Angel Food Cake

If you're looking for the perfect dessert to serve at your Easter or spring party, look no further than Ina Garten's lemon angel food cake. This light and airy cake is bursting with fresh lemon flavor, making it the perfect dessert to enjoy on a warm spring day. Plus, it's incredibly easy to make, so you can spend less time in the kitchen and more time enjoying the party.

Recipe courtesy of Ina Garten

Ingredients:

2 cups sifted superfine sugar, divided

1-1/3 cups sifted cake flour (not self-rising)

1½ cups egg whites, at room temperature (10 to 12 eggs)

¾ teaspoon kosher salt

1½ teaspoons cream of tartar

¾ teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1½ teaspoons grated lemon zest (2 lemons)

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine ½ cup of sugar with the flour and sift together 4 times. Set aside.

Place the egg whites, salt, and cream of tartar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment and beat on high speed until the eggs make medium-firm peaks, about 1 minute. With the mixer on medium speed, add the remaining 1½ cups of sugar by sprinkling it over the beaten egg whites. Whisk for a few minutes until thick and shiny. Whisk in the vanilla and lemon zest and continue to whisk until very thick, about 1 more minute. Sift about ¼ of the flour mixture over the egg whites and fold it into the batter with a rubber spatula. Continue adding the flour by fourths by sifting and folding until it’s all incorporated.

Pour the batter into an ungreased 10-inch tube pan, smooth the top, and bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until it springs back to the touch. Remove the cake from the oven and invert the pan on a cooling rack until cool.

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