Tuesday, August 4, 2015

GGMa...Our Angel and Her Cake

Our family favorite!
This past week we had the fortunate time of taking a family vacation to one of our favorite destinations...Sunriver, Oregon.  We packed up the car and traveled on our adventurous road trip for some quality, family downtime.  No school, no sports, no work and best of all...no stress!

Near the end of our vacation, we were so blessed to have my Grandmother and Aunt Gayle come for a visit and stay the night with us.  They are both the salt of the earth, amazing ladies and I am so happy that we were able to spend time with them.


We were very spoiled when they arrived with not only their famous deviled eggs, an amazing marinated tri tip steak for dinner, and for dessert, "GGMa" delivered her awesome Angel Food Cake to share with us, complete with fresh strawberries and Cool Whip (which she knows, is a requirement to enjoy homemade angel food cake).

Grandma gave me her Angel Food Cake recipe over 20 years ago and who knows how many generations it goes back in her family.  It is one of those tried and true recipes that continues to get passed down in families, just like her famous Snickerdoodle Recipe, that we continue to make and love.

Grandma truly has been and continues to be our Angel and we love her dearly.


GGMa's Angel Food Cake
Courtesy of Grandma (aka GGMa) and Aunt Juanita

1 cup, plus 1 Tbl. sifted flour
3/4 cup sugar
*** Sift together 5 times in a bowl and set aside.

14 egg whites
1/2 tsp. salt
***Beat on medium high, until quite foamy with electric mixer.

Add 1-1/2 tsp. cream of tartar 
***Beat until nice soft peaks.

Sprinkle in 1 cup sugar while beating until unable to feel sugar grains.

Add 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Add 1 tsp. almond extract

Beat on low while gradually adding the sifted flour and sugar mixture.

Bake in ungreased tube pan at 375 degrees (preheated oven) for 35 minutes.

Let cool at least one hour, when cake has separated from the sides, before removing from pan.

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Beautiful McKenzie River in Blue River, Oregon



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