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This is an angel food cake for a sheet cake. My grandma used to use this when she had a bakery. I have never had a problem with it . It is so easy to do.

Mock Angel Food Cake

Ingredients

  • 4 1/2 cups cake flour
    4 cups white sugar
    2 teaspoons salt
    2 cups boiling water
    16 egg whites
    2 tablespoons baking powder
    2 teaspoons cream of tartar
    2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    1 teaspoon almond extract

Instructions

    1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

    2 Sift cake flour, sugar, and salt three times then stir in the boiling water. Let cool.

    3 Beat egg whites, cream of tartar, baking powder, vanilla and almond flavorings until stiff peaks form. Fold into the flour mixture and pour batter into one ungreased 12×18 inch baking pan.

    4 Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 minutes. Cool cake inverted in pan, laying a tea towel underneath the cake to absorb the steam. Frost as desired once the cake is cooled.