"DJS0302" > wrote in message
...
> >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
>
> Are you taking the cake out of the pan to cool? If so, then stop. When
you
> take an angel food cake out of the oven you're suppose to turn the whole
pan
> upside down and set it somewhere to cool. When you take an angel food
cake out
> of the oven the structure isn't fully set and if you turn the cake right
side
> up it will collapse under its own weight. Make sure you only grease the
> bottom of the pan and not the sides. The cake should remain in the
upside-down
> pan until it is COMPLETELY cool. Only after the cake is cool should you
try to
> remove it from the pan.

I've never known anyone to grease the bottom of a tube pan when making angel
food cake. Why bother?