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Angel Food Cake (Sarah Knopp)

A dessert cake recipe from Sarah Knopp (Choteau).

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Cook time60 to 70 min
Servings1 tube cake
Serving size1 slice
Effortweeknight
Oven275-325°F
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Ingredients

Dry

  • 1/2 tsp. salt (~3 g)
  • 1 cup flour (~125 g)
  • 1 cup granulated sugar (~200 g)
  • 1 cup powdered sugar (~120 g)

Wet

  • 1 1/2 cups egg whites (~360 g)
  • 1 tsp. cream of tartar (~5 g)
  • 1/2 tsp. cream of tartar (~2.5 g)
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Directions

  1. 1

    Whip the egg whites and salt until frothy.

  2. 2

    Add one tsp. cream of tartar.

  3. 3

    Whip stiff but not dry. Sift the flour, sugars and (1/2 tsp.) cream of tartar.

  4. 4

    Sift these ingredients six times. Add to the beaten egg whites, folding gently.

  5. 5

    Bake in an ungreased angel cake pan at 275 degrees for 30 minutes, then increase the temperature to 325 degrees and bake another 30–40 minutes.

  6. 6

    Invert the pan until the cake is cooled.

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Transcription notes

- Printed heritage cookbook page, clean type, high confidence. Note the two-stage bake temperature. Ovens assumed °F. ---

Source details

Attribution
Sarah Knopp (Choteau)
Origin
Choteau, Montana, 1895
Source type
printed cookbook
Source file
scanned_recipes/montana_oldest_receipes/mont_oldest_recipes_jim_kitchen_cabinet.pdf
Source page
49 of 218
Transcribed
2026-07-27
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