lemony angel food cake

We are overflowing with strawberries around here. I’m loving strawberry season. I still plan on making some jam but I wanted to make a delicious dessert for after dinner. I wasn’t feeling straight up strawberry shortcake. So after perusing Pinterest for a bit, I came across a lemony angel food cake that sounded delicious. I happened to have a bunch of lemons left over from a different recipe so this was perfect to use up some ingredients before they went bad.


This was the pin-spiration for the dessert:

Source: marthastewart.com via Julie on Pinterest

Really it was completely delicious. The cake by itself was totally addicting. Every time I walked by the leftovers I cut myself a tiny slice and munched on it. I was really happy with the results. I could have whipped the egg whites a little bit longer and it would have been a little fluffier, but it was delicious. The recipe I used said to add the lemon juice, zest, vanilla and cream of tartar before the egg whites were at stiff peaks and I don’t think that was the best plan. I couldn’t get them to whip all the way up to firm peaks, even beating them for 15 or so minutes.





Lemony Angel Food Cake
(adapted from Martha Stewart)


1 cup sifted cake flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
12 large egg whites
2 tablespoons lemon zest
4 teaspoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
Directions:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Prepare a 12” cake pan by spraying with non-stick cooking spray.
• Sift together cake flour and 1/2 cup of the sugar.
• Beat egg whites until soft peaks form, then add in lemon zest, lemon juice, cream of tartar and vanilla extract. Beat for an additional 1-2 minutes until soft peaks return.
• Add the rest sugar gradually while beating to firm peaks but not stiff peaks.
• Fold in the flour/sugar mixture.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake 40-50 minutes until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean.

peach cobbler

My favorite grocery store had amazing peaches this week. They were sweet, juicy and soft. Really they were just amazing. I couldn't pass them up. Really, I went a bit crazy. I bought more than I could actually consume before they went bad. So I tried out a new recipe for some peach cobber.

It was really delicious. I loved the flavor. My only complaint was that because my peaches were so juicy and delicious there was way too much liquid in the cobbler. The next day it was like soup! I actually had to pour some out. I'm going to hold off on posting the recipe until I work on it a little bit more. Here's hoping that next week the peaches look just as good!