Cherry Angel Food Cake - Homemade

By foodiva

Ingredients

• 1 ⁄3 cup maraschino cherry, sliced
• 3 ⁄4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 ⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup egg white
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 1⁄4 cups granulated sugar
• 1 ⁄4 teaspoon almond flavoring
• 1 cup cake flour, sifted

Preparation

Step 1

Drain cherries thoroughly.

Add salt, cream of tartar, almond flavoring, and vanilla to egg whites.

Beat until foamy but not stiff.

Beat in sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time.

Sift flour 3 times and fold into mixture.

Pour a layer in the bottom of an ungreased cake pan.

Sprinkle in 1/2 cherries.

Add remaining batter and top with remaining cherries.

Bake in the oven at 325° for 50 minutes.

Invert and allow to hang until cake cools and pulls away from sides of pan.

Use whipped cream as frosting and top with whole cherries.