Margarita Angel Cake

== Description ==
Source: Cooking Light Annual Recipes 2004 - Cooking Light Magazine
Tart lime is an ideal match for the sweet cake. Triple Sec, tequila, and lime juice give the glaze the flavor of the margarita. Use wooden skewers to poke holes in the cake large enough to let the glaze soak into it.
== Ingredients ==
* 1 cup sifted cake flour
* 1 1/2 cups sugar, divided
* 12 large egg whites
* 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 2 tablespoons grated lime rind
* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
* 3 tablespoons sugar
* 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
* 3 tablespoons tequila
* 3 tablespoons Triple Sec
* 3 tablespoons water
== Directions ==
# Preheat oven to 325°.
# To prepare cake, combine flour and 3/4 cup sugar, stirring with a whisk.
# Place egg whites in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at high speed until foamy.
# Add cream of tartar and salt; beat until soft peaks form.
# Add 3/4 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, beating until stiff peaks form.
# Beat in rind, vanilla, and 1 1/2 teaspoons juice.
# Sift 1/4 cup flour mixture over egg white mixture; fold in.
# Repeat with remaining flour mixture, 1/4 cup at a time.
# Spoon batter into an ungreased 10-inch tube pan, spreading evenly.
# Break air pockets by cutting through batter with a knife.
# Bake at 325° for 50 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.
# Invert pan; cool completely.
# Loosen cake from sides of pan using a narrow metal spatula.
# Invert cake onto a plate.
# To prepare glaze, combine 3 tablespoons sugar and remaining 4 ingredients in a small saucepan; bring to a boil.
# Reduce heat; simmer 3 minutes or until sugar dissolves, stirring occasionally.
# Pierce entire surface of cake liberally with a skewer; drizzle glaze over cake.
# Let stand 10 minutes.
Yield: 12 servings (serving size: 1 slice)
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