Coconut Angel Food Cake

COCONUT ANGEL FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• Cake:
• Heat oven to 325°F. Beat egg whites and salt in a bowl with an electric mixer on medium until frothy, about 2 minutes. Add cream of tartar. Beat until soft peaks form, about 5 minutes. Increase speed to high. Add 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, until whites form soft, glossy peaks. Beat in vanilla and lemon juice. In another bowl, mix remaining 1/2 cup sugar with flour. Sift 1/2 sugar-flour mixture over egg whites; gently but thoroughly fold into batter using a large spatula. Repeat twice with remaining sugar-flour mixture. Fold in dry coconut in 2 batches. Scrape batter into an ungreased 10-inch angel food tube pan with a removable bottom. Smooth top into even layer. Bake 35 minutes or until top is lightly browned and cake springs back when you press it. Turn pan upside down and rest on the neck of a glass bottle to cool. Run a knife against insides of pan to loosen cake; remove pan. Loosen cake from bottom of pan; invert onto a plate. Cover with plastic wrap. Store at room temperature or in the refrigerator.
• Sauce:
• Boil all ingredients in a medium saucepan 1 minute, until lightly thickened. Let cool. Cover; refrigerate 1 hour. Before serving, sprinkle top of cake with coconut shavings. Serve slices with 3 tablespoons sauce.

COCONUT ANGEL FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Onto a sheet of wax paper, sift the flour 3 times.
• 2. In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat the egg whites with the salt until they are frothy.
• 3. Add the cream of tartar and beat to soft peaks. Beat in 1/2 cup sugar, a little at a time.
• 4. Add the vanilla and almond extract, and beat the whites to stiff peaks.
• 5. Fold in the remaining 1/2 cup sugar, a little at a time.
• 6. Sift the flour over the whites in 4 batches, folding it in gently after each sifting.
• 7. Fold in the coconut.
• 8. Spoon batter into a 9-inch tube pan, 3 1/2-inches deep.
• 9. Bake in the middle of a preheated 275 oven for 1 1/2 hours.
• 10. Hang the cake in the pan, upside down, on the neck of a bottle and let it cool for 90-120 minutes or until cooled completely.
• 11. Release the cake with a sharp knife, turn it out on a rack and invert it onto a cake plate.
• 12. In a metal bowl, whisk together the sugar, egg whites, zest, juice, corn syrup and a pinch of salt.
• 13. Set the bowl over simmering water, and cook, whisking, until it registers 140 on a candy thermometer.
• 14. Remove pan from heat and whisk the mixture over the hot water for 3 minutes.
• 15. Remove the bowl from the water and, with an electric mixer, beat the frosting at high speed for 7-10 minutes or until it is cool and holds stiff peaks.
• 16. Spread top and sides of the cake with the frosting and coat the outside with the toasted coconut.