Angel Food Cake

This recipe teaches you the basics and how to make angel food cake which is simple but delicious american cake which has a soft chewy texture similar to a homemade meringue. Since this recipe uses so many egg whites (8 to be exact) it is good to make a homade custard to go with it so you are not wasting them and also it tastes great with custard. This cake is flavoured with orange zest but you can use anything from vanilla to other zest and even almond extract. The possibilities are endless, really you can flavour it how you like it.

Here is a slice of the angel food cake which I served with custard to use up some egg yolks. As the custard did not turn out exactly like I wanted it to I am going to do another tutorial on how to make that because I think homemade custard is easy to make and tastes alot better then store bought as well.

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So here is the recipe for Angel Food Cake (serves 10)-

• 100g of plain flour
• 225 g of caster sugar
• 8 egg whites
• 1 tsp of vanilla
• 2 tsp of lemon zest or other zest
• Fresh Fruit to serve

Make sure all ingrediants are at room temperature to prevent curdling and simliar baking issues!
Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/gas mark 5

1. Sift all of the flour and half of the sugar 3 times to make the cake extra light!
2. Whisk the egg whites until they reach soft peaks then add the rest of the sugar and whisk until the meringue mixture is thick and glossy. For tips on how to make perfect merignue Click Here.
3. Then fold the flour mixture, vanilla and zest to retain as much air as possible because this is the only thing which will make the cake rise.
4. Place the mixture in a prepared tin and bake for 30 minutes or until and skewer is inserted and comes out clean.
5. Once cool turn it out on to a serving plate.

Now serve, slice and enjoy with some custard!

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Milk Chocolate Cake Recipe

Most people will like this cake because of its sweet flavour. Unlike most chocolate cakes it is not dark in colour and it is not as bitter. The icing will not be very thick but I think that it looks great when some of it is starting to drip down the side of the cake. Then dust it in icing sugar and you will have one beautiful but simple milk chocolate cake!

So here is the recipe for the milk chocolate cake recipe-

1 two layer chocolate cake or two small cakes.-

• 125 g dark chocolate
• 3 tbsp milk
• 150 g butter
• 150 g caster sugar
• 3 eggs
• 200 g plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda

For Icing

• 100g of plain or milk chocolate

• 4 tablespoons of cold water
• 30g of butter
• 4-6 tablespoons of icing sugar

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 6

• Grease and line tins. If you are using silicon like I did then just make sure they are completely clean.
• Melt chocolate in microwave in 20 second intervals stirring after each time stir until completely melted or melt in a heat proof bowl over simmering water. Then set it aside.
• Beat butter and sugar together until smooth and fluffy.
• Beat eggs in to the mixture one at a time.
• Then fold in melted chocolate.
• Sift flour, bicarbonate of soda and baking powder in to the mixture and gently fold it in.
• Bake for about 25 minets or until a tooth pic is inserted and comes out clean.
• Let the cakes cool before icing.
• For icing- Place chocolate, water and butter in a heat proof bowl and melt slowly over a pan of simmering water.
• Sift icing sugar in to the melted chocolate and mix until smooth.
• If it is too thick add water if it is too thin add more icing sugar.
• Then pour over cooled cake a sift with icing sugar.

I hope you enjoy my Milk Chocolate Cake recipe!

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