Here’s a Recipe for an Orange Angel Food Cake as Light as Air

As the fragrance of apples, oranges and cinnamon wafts around in the air, you can not help but feel some sense of glee and amazement and that the season is going through its beautiful transformation. This is the very feeling that this orange angel food cake attempts to replicate by combining the lightness of an airy cake with the warm scent of orange. With every mouthful, you experience a delightful relaxation that washes away all the tiredness of the day, and leave only pure joy as its aftertaste.

Check out the recipe for this dish here. You can also make cupcakes out of the same batter if you are planning to make it for a large group of people.

Orange Angel Food Cake

Ingredients:

For the cake

• 251 gm flour
• 202 gm sugar
• 103 gm egg whites
• 4 tsp cream of tartar
• A pinch of salt
• 121 ml cold water
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 tsp orange zest
• 64 ml orange juice

For the orange glaze

• 201 gm sugar
• 202 ml water
• 3 tsp orange zest
• 64 ml orange juice

Method:

1. First, you have to preheat the oven to 180°C.
2. In a medium bowl, you need to sift together flour and granulated sugar, and stir until very well combined.
3. In a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, you have to beat egg whites and cream of tartar until stiff peaks form.
4. Now, you can mix in granulated sugar gradually to the egg whites, beating them well and continuously until stiff peaks are formed.
5. Then, you can sift the flour mixture into the egg whites, and toss lightly until the streaks of flour disappear.
6. Next, you can add cold water, pure vanilla extract, grated orange zest, and freshly squeezed orange juice into the batter, and mix gently until all these are well combined.
7. After that, you have to pour the batter into an ungreased angel food cake pan.
8. Then, you can bake it for 40-45 minutes.
9. Next, you can remove the cake from the oven, let it cool in the pan for 10 minutes, and place it on a wire rack to let the cake cool completely.
10. Now, you can combine sugar, water, grated orange zest and fresh squeezed orange juice in a small saucepan, and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until the sugar dissolves.
11. Then, you have to bring it to a boil, and then reduce the heat to medium-low, letting it simmer for 5 to 7 minutes or until the syrup thickens slightly.
12. After that, you need to remove the syrup out of the heat and cool it to room temperature.
13. To assemble the cake, you can place the cooled cake on a plate, and brush the top of the cake with some of the orange syrup.
14. Finally you can serve cake after garnishing it with some whipped cream.

Tips to further enhance the angel food cake

One of the important things about this recipe that you need to keep in mind is that you should not overmix the batter. This is to ensure your cake is light and airy, because the airy nature of the cake is one of its characteristic traits. You can add a teaspoon of orange extract or a pinch of salt to the batter to give an extra layer of flavour to the cake. If you want to decorate your cake, sprinkle it with powdered sugar or pipe a dollop of fresh or cream, so that the cake reflects an impressive sight to your audience.

Using orange zest in your cake will not only add a burst of citrus flavor, but also add a characteristic scent to your cake. The orange zest is also a great way to add more extra texture to your cake, as it provides a nice contrast to the otherwise light and airy cake.

To give your cake a rustic appearance, you can dehydrate a few wheels of oranges in your oven or in the sun, and use them as garnish on top. You can also crumb coat the cake with a thin layer of orange cream and stick the slices of orange on top. Use orange peel to cut out diamond or leaf shapes and use it to decorate around the bottom of the cake.