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Review: Angel Food Cake

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The original recipe can be found here!

With my husband’s birthday last week, I found myself with a bit of a challenge. For his birthday he always got to have Angel Food cake, and that was a huge challenge for me. I don’t usually bake and I especially never make cakes. When making an Angel Food Cake, taking your time is important and making sure each step is done according to the directions is important, but it is not the way that I cook. If you would like to make this recipe yourself, please go visit the original recipe above and only take away some of my tricks and advice. The Woman who wrote the recipe will probably know far more about cakes than I ever will!

As for my review, I can say this cake was very delicious. It was rather difficult to make, and I did make at least one mistake, but the cake still turned out good despite my incompetence. One mistake I made was not sifting my flour. That meant there were clumps of flour in my batter that were very crunchy in the freshly baked cake. My second mistake was due to a complete lack of understanding. While the cake is cooling, I guess you are supposed to invert it. I had never heard of such a thing, and though the directions said to flip the cake, I just assumed that you do that after it is fully cooled. Neither of these mistakes ruined the cake, they just made the cake have it’s own quirk. Since I did not invert the cake, the center of the cake deflated while the outside stayed fully inflated. The last bit of advice I can give is to be sure to eat the cake as quickly as possible. Once the cake is baked and cooled, you should keep it in the fridge. I made the cake Thursday Day, and by Sunday when we were finishing the cake, it had a very subtle but present fridge flavor.

The only tricks I can provide is to make sure to use wax paper for your cake. Don’t use a bunt pan unless it’s your only option, because with a bunt pan, you’ll have to use a non-stick spray on just the bottom, then coat with flour to keep from sticking to the bottom, but to still allow the cake mixture to stick to the sides while cooking. Finally, if you don’t have an angel food cake pan, a spring form pan works very well with a can or a small glass in the center. I don’t have an angel food cake pan, so I used an old jelly jar wrapped in wax paper, and it worked great. It wasn’t as pretty as it would if I had the correct pan, but it was good enough to impress me! I also didn’t have cake flour, so I saw that you can use cornstarch to make a cake flour. This recipe used one cup of cake flour, so add 2 Tbsp corn starch to a one cup measuring cup, then fill the rest of the way with flour. That worked great as a substitute!

This cake made about 8 slices. Below I will include some picture from the process.

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Directions

Dry Ingredients and Making Meringue

Mixing, Filling, and Baking

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Marshmallow Topping

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This marshmallow topping is easy and delicious. This standard marshmallow flavor makes any dessert delicious, and if you want to kick it up a notch, place it under the broiler for a minute, or hit it with a torch. While the icing is still hot, you will want to top your dessert, and if your dessert is sensitive to heat, you can place it back in the freezer once topped. This topping tastes normal for about 2 days, after that the topping gets a jello-like texture. This recipe is enough it top one 8 inch pie.

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What You Will Need

  • 2 Cups Marshmallow
  • 1 Tbsp Butter
  • 4 Tbsp Powdered Sugar
  • Small Saucepan

Directions

1. Place your saucepan over medium low heat. Add your butter and marshmallows. Cook until marshmallows melt. Remove from heat, and add powdered sugar. Stir until combined and use as desired.

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Blueberry Buckle Coffeecake Review, King Arthur Baking

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Original Recipe found Here!

This recipe came from the King Arthur Baking site. Blueberry buckle is a classic dessert. This recipe is very good. It tastes not too sweet, and is very tasty with the coffee cake twist. I only have two critiques. First, a bit of lemon would be very nice in this cake. Either adding lemon juice in place of vanilla extract, or adding some lemon zest to both/either dough and/or crumb topping. Second, I used a 7 x 11 baking dish. I don’t know whether the directions work for a square pan, but I had to bake my cake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, where the edges were beginning to burn. Just a warning to make sure the cake is fully cooked if you use a square pan, and a bit of advice if you wish to use an elongated pan like I did. It would be best to cover with foil for 1 hour, then bake without for the last 15 minutes.

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What You Will Need

  • 1/3 cup and 3/4 cup Sugar
  • 1/2 cup and 2 cups Flour
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 4 Tbsp and 4 Tbsp Butter
  • 2 tsp Baking powder
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
  • non-stick spray
  • Baking pan, 8inx8in, 9inx9in, 9in round, or 7inx11in

Directions

1. Heat Oven to 375 F. Lightly grease your pan with nonstick spray. In a small mixing bowl, mix first half of flour and sugar with cinnamon and a pinch of salt. Then break up first half of butter in mixture until a sandy texture is reached, this is the topping.

2. In a medium mixing bowl, mix together remaining butter, sugar, an egg, and vanilla. In a small bowl, mix together remaining flour, baking soda, and a pinch of salt. Begin slowly adding flour and milk to butter mixture, ending with flour. Add blueberries and stir just to combine. Pour mixture into greased pan.

3. Top dough with crumb topping. Bake for 45 minutes for a square or round pan. Bake for 1 hour covered and 15 minute uncovered for a rectangle pan. Use a tester to be sure. Let cool before serving.

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Peach Cobbler

Nothing says summer quite like peach cobbler. Served warm or cold, the sweet peaches are complimented perfectly by the sweet and buttery batter. This cobbler has a cake like consistency, and the peach flavor is pervasive thanks to the peach syrup. Serve it plain, or top it with whipped cream or ice cream. This recipe makes 8-10 adult sized servings.

  1. Heat oven to 375 F
  2. In a 13 x 9 baking dish, add 1/2 cup (1 stick) of melted butter.
  3. In a bowl combine 1 cup flour, 1 1/2 cup sugar, 1 Tbsp baking powder, a pick of salt, 1 cup of milk, and 1 tsp vanilla extract.
  4. Pour the batter over the butter and do not stir.
  5. Open 2 cans of peaches (in whatever syrup you prefer) and add all contents evenly into the pan. Again, do not mix. Sprinkle lightly with nutmeg and cinnamon if you desire.
  6. Bake for 40-45 minutes until the top is golden. Let cool for 15 minutes. Serve warm or cold as desired.
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Homemade Pound Cake

Pound cake is delicious on it’s own, and this one certainly is no exception, however, pound cake is also the base for another popular treat, strawberry shortcake. Tomorrow’s post will be how to make the strawberry syrup for your sweet treat. The only weird thing about this recipe is the need for 1/2 an egg, to accomplish this, I beat an egg in a side bowl, then added 1/2 to the mixture, and fried the other half for an egg sandwich. This cake is very sweet, and can be served topped with ice cream, or just powdered sugar.

  1. Heat your oven to 350 F.
  2. In a bowl, mix together 1 1/4 cup sugar, 1/2 cup of softened butter, 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, and 2 1/2 egg.
  3. Once mixed, add a pinch of salt and 1/2 cup of milk and mix. Add 1/2 tsp baking powder, and while mixing, slowly add 1 1/2 cup flour, then mix until the batter is smooth.
  4. Grease a loaf pan. Pour batter into your greased pan, then bake for 55 – 60 minutes or until a tester comes out clean.
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