Lemon-Poppy Seed Angel Food Cake
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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2009
Angel food cakes have a very short ingredient list. As with so many simple recipes, the devil is in the details.
WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS
The key to Lemon-Poppy Seed Angel Food Cake is voluminous, stable egg whites. A mere speck of yolk precludes them from whipping to peaks. We had the best success with either cold or room-temperature egg whites. Cold whites whipped to the sa...