Gluten-Free Angel Food Cake Recipe

Gluten-Free Angel Food Cake

Learning to bake gluten-free for family members that are gluten intolerant can be challenging but not impossible. While in the local Amish store looking at Gluten-free flours, she informed me that gluten-free baking could be done with only cornstarch. Here is an angel food cake recipe made with cornstarch instead of flour that is sure to please.

Ingredients to make a Gluten-Free Angel Food Cake:

• ¾- cup  sugar,
• 1-cup cornstarch, Gluten-free and GMO free
• 1 ½ cups egg whites; 10-12 (room temp)large eggs
• 1 1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
• ¾- cup sugar
• ¼ tsp.  salt
• ½-1 tsp. xanthan gum
• 2 tsp. pure vanilla
• Mixing bowls
• Electric Mixer
• Spatula
• Tube or Bundt cake pan

  
Instruction to make a Gluten-Free Angel Food Cake:

1. Move the oven rack to lowest position. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Properly pre-heating your oven will guarantee your cake to bake correctly.  Newer ovens have a beeper or light to tell you when it has heated but in case it does not 30 minutes will be sufficient.
2. Mix in a bowl, the cornstarch and ¾ cup of sugar. Set aside for later use.
3. Beat, in a separate bowl, the egg whites. Mix on high speed until they rise and get foamy. Add in the cream of tarter, remaining sugar, xanthan gum and salt. While still on high speed add in the pure vanilla. When you pull beaters out of the mixture peaks will form.
4. Fold, not stir, the cornstarch mixture into your fluffy egg whites a little at a time until blended together.
5.  Pour the batter into ungreased pan; the pan must be oil free, any oily residue has to wiped off with a paper towel, as your angel food cake will not climb the pan properly.
6. Cut gently through the batter with the spatula and then level the top of cake.
7.  Place the cake pan in the pre-heated oven and bake for 55-60 minutes. A gluten-free angel food cake takes longer than a regular angel food cake. In this case, over baking is better than under baking to keep your cake from sinking in. It will be golden brown.
8. Turn the angel food cake pan upside down suspending it from the center hole onto a glass or bottle. Keep the cake inverted until it has cooled. By keeping the cake pan upside down, the cake can cool easier and will help keep it from compressing and deflating.

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How to Live Gluten-Free or with Celiac Disease

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If you have Celiac Disease or gluten intolerance, you’ve found out how hard it is to adjust your diet. However, it is not impossible and you can eat quite well. According to Celiac Sprue Association, “people with Celiac Disease, eating certain types of protein fractions, commonly called gluten, set off an autoimmune response that causes damage to the small intestine. This, in turn, causes the small intestine to lose the ability to absorb the nutrients found in food, leading to malnutrition and a variety of other complications.” Educating yourself on foods, manufacturers and restaurants that are or serve gluten-free products is a lifelong endeavor. 

1. Read the label of everything you plan to use to make a meal or snack. It is not only wheat, rye and barley flours you have to watch for gluten. Gluten-free foods exposed to gluten by cross-contamination whether it be in the field, or processing plant could put you at risk.

2. Call the company and ask if their product is gluten-free. It is easy to do, most have the phone number to their company on the label. If the number is not available, you can obtain the information via the Internet.

3. Buy a small spiral notebook. As you acquire the information, make a list of gluten-free products to make your next shopping experience easier.

4. Dining out and eating gluten-free does not have to be given up, the awareness for gluten intolerance is getting greater all the time. Simply and politely, ask your server for a gluten-free menu. As you find restaurants with food you enjoy your dining experience becomes more enjoyable.

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