Cider Spice Chiffon Cake

Name: Cider Spice Chiffon Cake
Yield: Serves 10 to12
Ingredients: 5 , large eggs, separated; 1 teaspoon, cream of tartar; 1 1/4 cups (8¾ ounces/248 grams), sugar; 1 1/3 cups (5⅓ ounces/151 grams), cake flour; 2 teaspoons, baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 1 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon, ground allspice; 3/4 cup, apple cider; 1/2 cup, vegetable oil; 1 tablespoon, vanilla extract; 3 tablespoons, apple cider; 2 tablespoons, cream cheese, softened; 1/4 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1/8 teaspoon, ground allspice; 1 1/2 cups (6 ounces/170 grams), confectioners' sugar

Desserts or Baked Goods
Cakes

Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2010

It was billed as the "cake discovery of the century" In the late 1940's. Can chiffon cake still stand up to the hype?

SERVES 10 to12

TIME 2 hours, plus 3 hours cooling

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