Chrissy's Angel Food Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups egg whites
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 3/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups cake flour (my grandma recommends "soft as silk")
• 3/4 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300f (to bake for an hour) or 375f (to bake for a 1/2 hour).
• 2 beat 2 cups egg whites until very stiff (you'll see peaks).
• 3 add 1/4 tsp salt and 2 tsp cream of tarter, beat some more.
• 4 add almond and vanilla extracts to egg mix.
• 5 slowly beat in 1 1/2 cups sugar.
• 6 in a separate bowl, sift 1 1/2 cups cake flour 3 times, then add 3/4 cups of sugar and sift once more.
• 7 fold the flour mixture into the egg mixture one spoonful at a time using a wire whisk.
• 8 place in ungreased angel food cake pan.
• 9 bake at 300f for an hour or 375f for 30 minutes.
• 10 when the top of the cake is a golden brown, turn upside down to cool.