Angel Food Swirl Cake

Total Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups sifted cake flour (not self-rising)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar, preferably superfine, sifted
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 pint fresh raspberry
• 1 3/4 cups egg whites (about 12 large eggs)
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350° with rack in lower third.
• 2 cut parchment to fit bottom of round or heart-shaped 10-inch tube pan with legs or removable bottom.
• 3 fit paper into pan. do not grease pan.
• 4 sift flour, 1/2 cup sugar, and salt together.
• 5 sift again into a bowl.
• 6 using fork, mash 1/2 cup whole raspberries; strain through a fine sieve to yield about 1/4 cup mashed raspberries.
• 7 in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat egg whites on medium-low speed until foamy.
• 8 beat in cream of tartar and vanilla.
• 9 increase speed to medium high; beat until whites are nearly stiff.
• 10 reduce speed to medium low; beat in the remaining 1 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time.
• 11 beat until peaks are almost stiff but not at all dry.
• 12 transfer egg whites to large bowl.
• 13 sift flour mixture over egg whites; fold in gently with large rubber spatula.
• 14 gently transfer one-third of batter to tube pan.
• 15 spoon 2 tablespoons mashed berries over egg whites.
• 16 spoon another third of batter into the pan; repeat with remaining mashed berries.
• 17 top with remaining batter.
• 18 run a knife through mixture, touching bottom of pan, to eliminate any air pockets.
• 19 leave the top very textured with peaks in the meringue; do not smooth.
• 20 bake until the top of the cake is lightly golden and the cake springs back when pressed lightly, 35 to 45 minutes. (if top darkens too quickly, tent with foil.)
• 21 invert pan onto its legs or hang it over the neck of a bottle or funnel; let cake stand, in the pan, until completely cool, about 1 hour.
• 22 run a knife around edges of the cake to loosen the sides.
• 23 unmold cake.
• 24 serve with sorbet (flavor of choice) and remaining whole raspberries.