by Anne Carter
New Recipe
Course: Dessert Cuisine: American Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 45 minutes Upside Down Resting Time:3 hours Total Time: 4 hours Author: Anne Carter
– food processor (you can find one with good reviews for $40 in 2021) – Sifter – electric mixer with whisk attachment – Rubber spatula – tube cake pan with removable bottom, aka angel food cake pan
– 1 ¾ cups *organic granulated sugar organic – 1 cup *organic all-purpose flour organic – 2 tablespoons corn starch – ¼ teaspoon salt – 12 large egg whites – 1 ½ teaspoons cream of tartar – 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
1. Preheat your oven to 325°F and adjust the rack to the lower-middle position. 2. Use a food processor to make your sugar finer by pulsing it. Set aside 1 cup of the processed sugar. 3. Add flour, corn starch, and salt to the remaining sugar in the food processor, and mix them well.
4. In a large mixing bowl with a whisk attachment, beat egg whites and cream of tartar until bubbly. 5. Increase mixer speed, add the reserved cup of sugar gradually, and beat until soft peaks form. 6. Sift the flour mixture into the egg whites in three parts, folding gently each time with a rubber spatula.