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Default Angel Food Cake Disaster

Glenn wrote:

> NEVER use a mixer for angel-food cake. It's way too strong. Beet the
> egg-whites first then FOLD in the dry stuff GENTLY and only till it's
> incorporated. DO NOT OVER MIX. My angel-foods usually over-flow the top
> of the pan.
>
> Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> I'm glad I didn't share the recipe I got for the lower (NOT low) carb
>> angel food cake. It was a disaster. It never made it into the oven. I
>> probably should have read the directions through a little more
>> carefully from the get-go. Step one had you sifting the sugar and
>> flour together then later it had you adding the sugar then the flour.
>>
>> Have to think up a treat for DH, now. I was baking challah for a
>> friend's celebration this morning and he was drooling so I promised
>> him a treat. I had two egg whites from the egg wash left over. Oh,
>> well. I have some more Just Whites so I'll make him some macaroons.
>>
>> This would have been my first cake with my brand new Kitchen Aide
>> stand mixer, too.
>>
>> As my late mother used to say: "this should be the worst thing that
>> should ever happen to you". <g>


Thanks, Glenn. I should have said that I only used it for the egg
whites. My bad.

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