A Mother’s Day Special
In 1914 Mother’s Day became a national holiday in reverence to motherhood. Honoring the sacrifices mother’s make for their children. They say a mother’s role is to be God’s angels on earth. I thought it would be best to share an angel food cake recipe.
Ingredients
1 Cup Cake Flour
1,¼ cups of sugar
1 1tbsp sugar & 1 tbsp ground cinnamon combined ( put aside for now)
12 large egg whites
1 tsp cream of tartar
¼ tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp honey
1 tsp lemon juice
6 oz. dark chocolate 74% or higher
½ cup butter
1½ cups of powdered sugar
¼ Cup whipping cream
6 oz. almond slivers
Strawberries
Directions
Preheat Oven 350 degrees
Beat egg whites until they become foamy.
Next add cream of tartar with salt and beat until soft peaks form.
Add ¾ cup of sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, beat until stiff peaks form.
Mix cake flour with ½ cup of sugar
Add to egg white mix a 1/4 cup at a time.
Add vanilla, honey and lemon juice.
Take ⅓ of batter and pour into an non-greased 10 inch tube pan.
Take the back of a spoon and run it around the batter in pan causing an indentation.
Sprinkle 1 tbsp of cinnamon & sugar mixture around indentation.
Add another ⅓ of batter to the tube pan, create indent again and sprinkle the rest of the cinnamon mixture in the indent.
Finish pouring in the rest of the batter and bake at 350 degrees for 40-50 mins.
Let cool for 45 mins.
Use a butter knife to run along the inside of the tube pan. Flip the pan over to make the cake come out of the pan.
Making the glaze
Melt dark chocolate with butter over low heat, stir frequently. Use a small saucepan
Remove small saucepan from heat.
Mix in powdered sugar and whipping cream.
Spoon evenly over cake.
Do a little extra! Pour almond slivers over cake and add strawberries on top.
Now there is something I do have to tell you and it is a bit of a confession. I took some considerations when putting this together. Some might consider this a bonus. Eggs, cinnamon, honey, vanilla, dark chocolate, almonds and strawberries are all listed as aphrodisiac foods. Why? Because every mother’s day needs a mother’s night.
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