What Do You Call A Cake Without Butter?

by | Oct 10, 2020 | My Texas Kitchen Recipes | 2 comments

What do you call a cake without butter?

What do you call a cake without butter? 

An Angel Food Cake 

Happy National Angel Food Cake Day!

My Texas Kitchen’s tips for making the perfect Angel Food Cake.

This Coffee Angel Food Cake is a State Fair of Texas Blue ribbon winner. Bake one today in honor of Big Tex. Your cake will be a blue ribbon winner too!

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Coffee Angel Food Cake

An award-winning cake . . . 2007 State Fair of Texas blue ribbon winner!

This angel food cake does not contain butter. However, please note that the frosting does contain butter. If you want a totally fat-free dessert just skip the frosting and dust the cake with confectioners' sugar. Your choice! It's delicious either way. :- )

Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon powdered instant coffee
  • 1 tablespoon hot water
  • 1 cup cake flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 t. salt
  • 1 1/2 cups egg whites (10-12), room temperature
  • 1 t. cream of tartar
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 t. vanilla

Frosting: 1 cup room temperature butter, 3 cups confectioners' sugar, 1 T. powdered coffee dissolved in 1 T. hot water, 1 t. vanilla, 1/2 t. salt and 3 T. whole milk

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350º.

  2. Dissolve the coffee in hot water; set aside.

  3. Sift together the cake flour, sugar, and salt; set aside.

  4. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, whisk the egg whites until frothy; add the cream of tartar and continue beating. Gradually add 1 cup sugar; whisking until the mixture is at a soft-peak stage.

    Be careful not to beat the egg whites until they are dry.

  5. Add the coffee/water mixture and vanilla.

  6. Fold in the flour/sugar mixture.

  7. Pour into the ungreased round tube pan.

  8. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes.

  9. Remove form the oven, invert onto a funnel over a wire cooling rack and cool.

    Once cool, turn out of the pan. Ice the top and just the top of the sides with the frosting.

Frosting: In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar. Add the coffee/water mixture, vanilla, salt and milk. Blend until smooth. Add a little more milk if needed to make the frosting a spreadable consistency.

2 Comments

  1. Cathy Howell
    Cathy Howell on October 11, 2020 at 9:09 am

    5 stars
    Wonder if this recipe can be converted to low carb!

    Also, can this cake be successfully made in a bundt pan or regular cake pans? I don’t own an angel cake pan.

    Reply
    • susanapplegraass
      susanapplegraass on October 12, 2020 at 12:01 pm

      Hi Cathy,

      Low carb Angel Food Cake sounds great! I’ll look into it.
      You need an Angel Food Cake pan to bake this cake.

      Thanks,
      Susan

      Reply

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