"DJS0302" > wrote in message
...
> >My wife has tried three times to bake an angle food cake and when she
turns
> >the pan over the cake collapses about 3 inches. She is using a cake pan
that
> >the bottom comes out.
> >Tia
> >Mobjoe
> >
>
> We need more information. I've learned from experience that if you
overbeat
> the egg whites an angel food cake will collapse. You should only beat the
> whites just until they start to mound up and maybe start forming soft
peaks.
> Any more beating and the whites will have too much air in them and the
cake
> won't be able to support itself.

It falls only after it has been turned over and cooling. I beat the egg
whites with a hand electric mixer. on high to the consistency of miracle
whip dressing. Do you use a dark or light pan?

Tia
Mobjoe