Lemon Angel Food Cake. Adding preserved lemon juice to lemon curd is the brilliant brainchild of Samantha Kincaid, the pastry chef of the restaurant High Street on Hudson. In this recipe, the curd is lightened with a little whipped cream and used to frost and fill a lemon-flavored angel food cake. It's a stunning dessert that's bright.

This is one of the easiest recipes for lemon angel food cake. I've been told that this dessert tastes exactly like a lemon meringue pie and that it's the best angel food cake anyone could ask for. I'm not sure about all of that, but it is delightful to serve, and each slice is virtually fat free. —Sharon Kurtz, Emmaus, Pennsylvania. You can cook Lemon Angel Food Cake using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Lemon Angel Food Cake

Prepare 1 1/2 cups of egg whites about 10 to 12 eggs.
It's 1 1/2 teaspoons of cream of tartar.
Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla.
You need 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
It's 1/2 teaspoon of lemon zest.
Prepare 1 1/2 cups of sugar.
Prepare 1 cup of cake flour.

Angel food cake is a low fat cake recipe made mostly from egg whites, cake flour, and sugar. It's pristine white on the inside with a chewy light brown crumb around the Fresh room temperature egg whites whip into the fluffiest volume. With the extra yolks, make lemon curd or some of these recipes. Jump to the Light Lemon Angel Food Cake Recipe or read on to see our tips for making it.

Lemon Angel Food Cake instructions

Preheat 350.
Food process sugar until super fine. Sift half of the sugar with salt and cake flour. Set remaining sugar aside to be added to whites..
Combine egg whites (room temp), vanilla, cream of tartar, lemon zest. Stir on med high speed until stiff peaks form, about 4 minutes.
Reduce speed and add remaining sugar until just combined..
Gradually sprinkle in cake flour and hand fold into the mixture a little at a time. Don't over mix..
SPOON batter into a 9 or 10 inch ungreased tube pan and bee for 35 minutes until top is golden brown and springs back when touched..
Cool Completely..
Lemon Glaze -- combine 1 cup confectioners sugar and 3-4 tablespoons of lemon juice and 1/2 teaspoon of lemon zest..

Next we add sugar and beat until thick and shiny and finally we gently fold in flour. Remember Mom's heavenly angel food cake? Ours has the same ethereal texture (due to egg whites) but with a bright burst of lemon flavor, thanks to This is the first homemade food cake I have made and it was very simple and very very delicious! I was worried it would either have too much or too little. This slightly sweet and vanilla scented Angel Food Cake is the perfect vehicle for juicy berries, lemon curd, or luscious whipped cream!