Café Au Lait 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.

SERVES 10 to 12

TIME 1 hour, plus 3 hours cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

The key Café au Lait 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 same volu...

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