Classic Angel Food Cake

== Description ==
Source: Cooking Light Annual Recipes 2004 - Cooking Light Magazine
This master recipe is good as is, but it's also easy to modify to suit any craving (see "Endless Variations" on page 123).
== Ingredients ==
* 1 cup sifted cake flour
* 1 1/2 cups sugar, divided
* 12 large egg whites
* 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
* 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
== 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 vanilla, juice, and almond extract.
# 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 55 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.
Yield: 12 servings (serving size: 1 slice)
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