Butter Pecan Angel Food Cake
Yields: 8 to 10 servings
 
Ingredients
  • 1½ cups confectioners’ sugar
  • 1 cup cake flour
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup finely ground pecans
  • 12 egg whites, at room temperature
  • 1½ teaspoons cream of tartar
  • 2 tablespoons butter flavoring
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla butter and nut flavoring
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup sugar
  • Browned Butter Glaze (recipe follows)
  • Garnish: chopped toasted pecans
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375°. In a medium bowl, sift together confectioners’ sugar, flour, and salt. Stir in pecans. Set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, beat egg whites, cream of tartar, flavorings, and extract at high speed with an electric mixer until frothy. Gradually add sugar, beating until stiff peaks form.
  3. Gently fold flour mixture into egg white mixture in thirds, folding until combined. Spoon batter into an ungreased 10-inch tube pan.
  4. Bake until golden brown, approximately 40 minutes. Invert pan onto the top of a bottle. Let cool completely.
  5. Once cooled, remove cake from pan. Pour Browned Butter Glaze over cake. Garnish with chopped pecans, if desired.
Recipe by Taste of the South at https://tasteofthesouthmagazine.com/butter-pecan-angel-food-cake/