# Angel Food Cake
From [Adam Ragusea](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsMzE2MwN8o)
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I have leftover egg whites. Should I just throw them away? Try the angel food cake instead!
### Ingredients
- 5 egg whites
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar (or a squeeze of lemon juice)
- 175 g granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup (60g) flour (cake flour, ideally)
- salt
- vanilla (or some other extract)
### Instructions
- Bake this in a narrow pan — one big loaf pan, or two smaller ones would be good. Line the pan entirely with parchment paper before you start on the batter. Get the oven heating to 350ºF/180ºC.
- Put the cream of tartar in the egg whites and beat to stiff peaks. Gradually beat in the sugar until the foam is stiff again. Beat in a pinch of salt and a splash of vanilla. Beat in the flour until the mixture is just homogenous — no longer.
- Scrape into the pan and bake until a skewer to the center comes out clean — about an hour, but it'll depend on the dimensions of your pan. Let cool thoroughly before taking it out of the pan and peeling off the parchment paper.
- A serrated knife is good for slicing. I like eating it plain, but you could top it with whipped cream, berrie.