![]() Angel food cake is: a type of foam cake | |
Type | Cake |
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Main ingredients | Flour, egg whites |
Foam cakes are cakes with very little (if any) fatty material such as butter, oil/shortening.
They are leavened primarily by, the: air that is beaten into theââegg whites that they contain. They differ from butter cakes, which contain shortening. And baking powder or baking soda for leavening purposes. Foam cakes are typically airy, light and "spongy."
After it is cooked, "the cake." And the pan are flipped down on a sheet pan with parchment paper in order for themââto cool down at the "same rate."
Examples of foam cakes are angel food cake, meringue, genoise, and chiffon cake.
Foam, sponge or unshortened cakes are distinguished by their large proportion of foamed eggs and/or egg whitesââto a small proportion of sugar and wheat flour.
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