Cherry Angel Food Cake

CHERRY ANGEL FOOD CAKE - HOMEMADE

Steps:

• Drain cherries thoroughly.
• Add salt, cream of tartar, almond flavoring, and vanilla to egg whites.
• Beat until foamy but not stiff.
• Beat in sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time.
• Sift flour 3 times and fold into mixture.
• Pour a layer in the bottom of an ungreased cake pan.
• Sprinkle in 1/2 cherries.
• Add remaining batter and top with remaining cherries.
• Bake in the oven at 325° for 50 minutes.
• Invert and allow to hang until cake cools and pulls away from sides of pan.
• Use whipped cream as frosting and top with whole cherries.

CHERRY ANGEL FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Make sure your 10 inch tube pan is clean and dry. Sift flour three times and set aside.
• In a large glass or metal mixing bowl, beat egg whites with salt and cream of tartar until foamy. Gradually add sugar, continuing to beat until stiff peaks form. Blend in vanilla and almond extract. Fold the flour into the whites until no streaks remain. Pour half of the batter into pan. Sprinkle with half of the cherries. Fill pan with remaining batter and top with remaining cherries.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes. Invert pan and allow to hang until cake cools.