MAUREEN'S KITCHEN Angel Food Cakes By: Maureen haddock
Often considered a symbol of spring, the egg is one of the most versatile foods available. At this time of year, I think about my childhood visits to my aunt and uncle’s farm where there were often
too many eggs. A huge Pyrex bowl filled with eggs sat on the countertop. My aunt could whip up an angel food cake in minutes, and she was famous, locally, for her prizewinning Toasted Coconut
Angel Food Cupcakes. Angel food cakes have long been considered a treat because in the days before stand mixers they required extreme effort to create. Imagine how long it
would take to whip air into egg whites by hand until stiff peaks formed. By the mid to late 1800s, tools like the hand-crank rotary eggbeater had been invented and by the 1900s stand mixers
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