Easy Angel Food Cake Recipe (No Cream Of Tartar)
This homemade Angel food cake recipe without cream of tartar is easy and quick to prepare and uses natural lemon juice to replace the cream of tartar. This traditional Angel food cake recipe with lemon juice will take about an hour to prepare, that’s, simple and quick.
Ingredients
- 1 cup cake flour 110 grams
- 1/2 teaspoon salt 3 grams
- 1 1/2 cups fine granulated sugar 300 grams divide in half
- 12 large egg whites 360 grams, room temperature
- 6 teaspoons lemon juice 30 grams, or 1 1/2 tablespoons
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 7 grams
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C), and have your angel food cake pan or tube pan ready.
- Combine the flour and half of the fine sugar in a medium size bowl In a large bowl and mix together to combine. If you’re using regular granulated sugar, you can make it finer by pulsing it into a food processor for a few seconds.
- Add the egg whites, salt, and vanilla into a stand mixer mixing bowl with the whisk attachment or use a hand mixer, beat on low medium speed until frothy, then add lemon juice and continue to beat for 2 minutes.
- Increase the speed of the mixer to medium-high and with the machine running gradually add the sugar in 3-4 additions beating until a stiff peak stage is achieved.
- Fold in a 1/4 cup of the flour mixture at a time into the meringue.
- Transfer the batter to the ungreased cake pan and run a screwer throughout the batter to break down some of the larger air bubbles.
- Bake the angel food cake for 35-40 minutes or until an inserted screwer comes out clean. The cake will have a light golden brown color on the surface.
- Remove the angel cake from the oven and place it upside down on a wire rack while still in the pan.
- Allow the cake to cool for 2 hours, then run a knife along the edges and remove the cake.
- Serve with fresh fruit, icing sugar, or whipped cream.
- Enjoy your Angel food make!
