Friday, October 3, 2014

Angel Food Cake


When Justin was born, the nurses in the delivery room told me a baby girl had been born to another American couple just half an hour earlier. Come to find out they lived a few blocks from our house and we soon became friends. Justin and Alison often played together until she and her parents moved back to the States a few years later. We’ve kept in touch all these years and Alison was back in Switzerland for a visit several weeks ago. Have I mentioned that our family likes to celebrate? We just had to have an unbirthday party for the “twins”!
first half birthday
second birthday
unbirthday
Justin doesn’t usually get angel food cake for his birthday, but it’s his favorite.

Angel Food Cake
1 ½ cups (275 g) flour
1 ¾ cups sugar (350 gr)
½ teaspoon salt
1 ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
1 ½ cups (3,6 dl) egg whites
1 teaspoon vanilla

Sift flour and 1 cup of sugar together three times; set aside. Add salt and cream of tartar to egg whites and beat until stiff but not dry; gradually stir in the rest of the sugar. Continue beating until stiff peaks form. Fold in vanilla, then the flour-sugar mixture gradually (2 tablespoons at a time) with a wire whisk or a spatula. Spoon into an ungreased tube pan. Cut through batter with a knife to remove any large air bubbles. Bake at 360° F (180° C) for 35-40 minutes, or until no imprint remains when lightly touched. Invert pan on a wire rack or on the neck of a bottle until the cake is completely cool.
 
Justin's 9th birthday



Gâteau des anges
275 g de farine
350 g de sucre
½ cuillère à café de sel
1 ½ cuillère à café de crème de tartre (bitartrate de potassium)
3,6 dl de blancs d’œufs
1 cuillère à café de vanille

Tamiser ensemble la farine et 200 g de sucre à trois reprises; mettre de côté. Ajouter le sel et la crème de tartre aux blancs d'œufs et battre jusqu'à ce que le mélange soit ferme, mais pas sec; incorporer peu à peu le reste du sucre. Continuer à battre jusqu'à formation de pics fermes. Incorporer la vanille, puis le mélange farine-sucre progressivement (2 cuillères à soupe à la fois) avec un fouet ou une spatule. Verser dans un moule à cheminée non graissé. Passer un couteau délicatement dans la pâte avec pour enlever les grosses bulles d'air. Cuire au four à 180° C pendant 35-40 minutes, ou jusqu'à ce qu'il ne reste pas d’empreinte en touchant légèrement du doigt. Inversez le moule sur une grille ou sur le goulot d'une bouteille jusqu’à ce que le gâteau soit complètement froid avant de démouler à l’aide d’un couteau.

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