We raised chickens when my mom was with us...and there was an OVER ABUNDANCE of eggs. My mom would make Angel Food cakes almost every day! They would be so light that one person could eat a whole cake. LoL She would use the yolks for noodles and pound cakes and freeze those for later. This takes me back...thank you for that John. I miss her.
That is what's happening to me now. I have 15 dozen eggs in my fridge. My chickens give me 17 eggs each and every day! I can't make angel food fast enough.
@@madampolo we fed the homeless and still do. I hate seeing things go to waste and friends get tired of "hand me downs" from the kitchen. LoL (I wear them out on everything) The homeless act as if it's Christmas even if it's scrambled eggs!!
@@222NancyG We live rurally in a sparsely populated county. I have never seen a homeless person around or in our nearest town, but there are a lot of Seniors around. Even so, I can't find a foodbank for Seniors, and usually they only take canned goods. We give them to our one neighbor who takes them into the nearest big city to his relatives. We give them to our Doctor and the people in her office. We take them to a local restaurant who employees people who could use them. Some people give them back to their chickens or other animals, but we've never done that.
My 5 year old is OBSESSED with Preppy Kitchen. The other day she helped me make the Hummingbird Cake recipe & my husband asked "Who's the guy you watch?" Before I could respond my daughter goes "He's John Kanell, he likes to make homemade dishes to share with our family and friends" LMAO.
And i have seen ppl swap large eggs into cheaper egg containers....one time I pick up my groceries curb side, and found one visually smaller egg without the stamped label every other ones have. So annoyed 😒. That’s strait up stealing.
Whenever I have needed superfine sugar, I throw it in my blender a 1/2 cup at a time until I get the desired consistency, then re-measure what I need. Works perfectly every time. Great video as always. I love Angel Food cake. :)
I made this gluten free for my 4th of July berry trifle today, and it turned out so wonderfully. Incredibly fluffy/airy and fragrant. Everybody LOVED it.
I made this yesterday following measurements instead of weight and it turned out perfect. Fluffy, white, amazing. By weight the sugar was a little more than a cup and that made me nervous. So I used 1 1/2 cups of sugar. I couldn't find fine sugar, so I pulsed it in my blender until it was practically powdered sugar. Baked 35 minutes. This was my first from scratch angel food cake and my whole family loved it. Thank you!
This is on a cooling rack now. I'm praying it comes out perfect for my Moms bday tomrw. I plan to cut it into chunks and layer with chantilly cream and cherries in a trifle bowl. So glad I used scale bc my 1 C flour was 135 grams! Way off! Anyway, if anyone is wondering you can blend your sugar and flour in a good blender if you do not have a food processor. Mine was nice and fluffy.
I love all the “shameless” plugs you insert to drive traffic to more of your videos. Histerical !!!!! If people are smart they will do exactly that because your videos really are awesome! Just the right blend of humor and instructions on all your beautiful creations! I know I’ve said this before but if the Food Network was on their game they’d be on UA-cam searching for bakers with potential........you’d be a great host! Come on Food Network! Hire this genius! Thank you for another entertaining video! Your fans appreciate it!
This was my favourite cake growing up and my Mom would make one every year for my birthday. She would invert it on a wine bottle while it cooled and we would have it with whipped cream and berries. I’ll have to try this recipe!
I just want to say I followed this recipe and everyone loved it !!!! I’m a new baker and I’ve been trying to practice, this recipe was pretty simple and the end result was such a hit ! My husband is already asking me to bake it again. Thank you 🙏
I can’t thank you enough for putting the nutritional info with your recipes on your site. My daughter has T1 diabetes and I always have to enter the recipe on another site by hand and get the carbohydrate information. Thanks for helping me avoid that step!
I now have made this cake 5-6 times in the last month. It turns out perfect every time and this is hands down 500% better than any angel food cake you could ever buy at the store, it is so much better, you will NEVER buy another store bought one. This is my next door neighbors favorite cake and she is a vet Tech and who has saved the life of my dog, so I make it for her a lot. She rants and raves! Thank you for such a wonderful recipe. I am now a BIG fan of yours and turn to you for all my go to recipes. Plus your a hoot to watch...Sending my love to you and gratefulness....
I made this amazing cake yesterday with a seven minute frosting for my birthday, along with the chicken pot pie soup. Both were out of this world amazing. Thank you so much for the great recipes.
I wanted to thank you for this. I made this for my baby's first birthday. I cut the cake in half and cut the top into sun rays around the bottom half. I used the yolks to make lemon curd on top. It was delicious and may make this a birthday tradition.
Tried this recipe exactly like the instructions. It us the best angel food cake I have ever made, not too dry nor too sweet. But I think it's the super fine sugar and being patient and not dump things in all at once if what makes the recipe so good.
I made this last week for my girlfriend's birthday and it came out SO good! I have never had a non-store-bought angel food cake and I don't think I ever will again, this was so amazing. Thanks John!
My absolute favorite cake! This was one of my mother's special-occasion cakes. Back in the '50's and '60's on those special occasions when she made it, I loved watching her invert the tube pan over a long-neck glass Pepsi bottle to cool. The bottle was perfect for this, and it was carefully stored with her tube pan. As a variation, for Easter she made the Daffodil Cake version, which was so lovely when you cut into it. I LOVE the outer "crust" of Angel Food. Thanks for introducing this cake to a new generation, John. And the memories.
I made a strawberry cake, tried making homemade frosting... it failed. But instead of throwing it out I followed your buttercream frosting recipe, and saved my frosting!! I was shocked and soooo happy! So thankful for your recipes and amazing baking advice ✨angel food cake is one of my favorites with a delicious blue raspberry sauce 🤪
Dear John, My mother would make homemade “Angel Food” cake when I was a child. She would often serve it with whipped cream and fresh strawberries 🍓- so good! 😋 Seeing you make this cake has brought back so many fond memories. My mother died this year from Covid-19 at the age of 87. I miss her dearly but it helps to remember all the loving things she did for her family. One of my favorite images of her from childhood is with her sitting on the sofa with a pan of still hot chocolate fudge in her lap, watching daytime “Soap Opera”📺, and beating the hell out of the fudge with a wooden spoon. I can still vividly remember my ecstatic delight when that spoon covered in warm fudge landed in my mouth. For my fifth birthday my mother asked me what I wanted. I told her that all I wanted was a stuffed bunny 🐰, to invite my best friend for dinner and to have an “Angel Food” cake covered in pink icing 👦🏻🎂👧🏻. I got all three and it was one of the happiest birthdays 🥳of my life. The joys of childhood are so intense. I want to close this note by saying that I hope your show encourages people to bring the loving joy of homemade baking to their children; their efforts will never be forgotten. I am going out now to get myself an “Angel Food” cake aluminum baking pan. I wish I were invited to your home for the holidays; it must be scrumptious! 🥧🍪🍰🧁🍥🍩🎄 Thank you so much for all the helpful videos.
I don't usually click on recipe videos that are longer than 5 minutes and if I do I end up skipping forward but with your videos I just always watch the entire thing! 💜
To the hen who laid that egg: "Girl...stop lying!" If you have trouble with your dishwasher , "Give him a stern talking to..." Ha! Had to go back and hear those again! Thanks for all you do :) Such a great channel!
Made this yesterday, came out good, nice flavor, easy enough. One thing I did do was use the liquid egg whites from a container as opposed to cracking that many eggs and saving the yolks and risk wasting them; the egg white fluff came out fine. It didn't rise as much during the baking process as John's, but I imagine that was my folding technique with the dry ingredients.
Sorry -- you get two comments on this post because it has made me doubly happy. Memories from my mom making angel food cake -- 1, it was the only batter she would let me eat because it didn't have yolks. She was CRAZY about raw eggs and wouldn't let us eat anything with raw eggs in it. 2, I remember her letting me "clean off" the pan with a rubber spatula after she excised the cake from it. Those "burnt ends," as I call them, are my favorite part of the cake. I love cleaning the crumbs from the pan. And 3, I will never forget the beautiful vision of mom cooling the cake upside down -- the anticipation as we waited was almost too much. But back then, the pans didn't have fancy feet, so mom would invert the pan on the top of a soda bottle. At our house, it was TAB Cola, RC Cola, or Diet Rite Cola. Good times. Thanks for taking me on a trip down memory lane.
First cake I learned to make on my own, I was 10. Granted it was to old school box mix (2 pouches) but I made it solo. Every Jan for Dads Bday! It’s his fav when you cut it into 3 layers and fill with whipped cream blended with strawberries. In summer mom was “allowed” to mix it up with different fruits and glazes lol. I did learn to make it from scratch in my 20’s but either way it’s soooo much better than one you buy!
I am such a big fan of your channel. I’m only 14 but I am trying to be the baker of my family and you are a huge help. When I was watching your macaron video I was laughing because everything you said was right about my macarons I really messed up🤣
I've loved angel food cake since I was a little kid. My Mother made it for me on my birthday every year. My only stipulation was it had to have chocolate icing rather than vanilla. Well I just had my 58th Birthday and the Wife is going to make me an Angel food cake using your recipe. After making your cinnamon rolls I figure She cant go wrong. She will however ice a small portion of the cake with vanilla icing because our two Boxers have the same birthday as I do. Can't Wait!!!
Great video! I’ve been making angel food cakes for years (I’m pretty old 👵🏻). Don’t be intimidated! I use plain ol’ unbleached flour, and plain granulated sugar. I’m sure you get slightly better results, but I think mine is fine. I like to add almond extract and vanilla. A Grand Marnier liquor bottle is perfect to hang the cake pan on. It has a wide base & narrow neck - and it’s delicious!
You're my favourite youtube baker. Such beautiful cakes and desserts! Thank you for teaching me so much. I look forward to making this angel cake with my twins.
Yours is probably my favorite cooking Channel ever, like everything you show feels like I'm capable of doing. You give me self-confidence, thank you, can't wait to try doing this recipe 💖
I baked this cake exactly with this recipe. It came out very well but a little bit too sweet. If you are sensitive to sweetness, reduce the amount of sugar. Perfect 👍🏻
I make angel food cakes all the time, I use the recipe from a 1955 Sunbeam mixmaster cookbook. You can add the flour using the mixer, I find it's better combined than folding by hand. Turn the mixer to low and sprinkle the flour around the perimeter of the bowl, same as if hand folding. After last has gone in remove from mixer scrape around the top of the bowl and a couple of hand folds and the batter is ready for the oven
If you're beating the egg whites to stiff peaks it's almost impossible to "deflate" them no matter what you do. So adding in the flour mixture with the stand mixer is perfectly fine just like you said.
I made two key limes pies and saved the10 yokes. So satisfying knowing I used exactly 10 yokes and will use exactly 10 egg whites on this recipe! Happy Easter
I was going to have lunch at my boyfriend’s parents house and offered to make the dessert. We were having a heavy meal and I wanted a light dessert and I came up to your angel cake picture on Instagram, I was immediately sold when you said it was airy and light plus your decoration with the berries 😍 I trusted the process even though I was very nervous to put the cake into the pan without some kind of prep 😅but it turned out perfect !! The taste, the texture, the decoration ! Everyone loved it ! And there was no left over ! ❤thank you so much for your amazing recipes 🤩🤩 you’re truly one of the best cooks, I can follow and understand your recipes easily and you explain so well ! 😊
I’m so glad I found your video! I followed another baker the other day to make one of these beautiful cakes and it was terrible. I’ve made Angel Food Cake before and it was amazing. I want to say it was your video I followed back then. I couldn’t remember. Well, I’ve made a few of your recipes and loved them all. Thank you. I hope I will do it justice this time.
You make it look so easy! Thanks for using the glass bowl to demonstrate the frothy stage. I always second guess myself with egg whites so this helped tremendously! I feel confident! Going to try it this weekend! Thank u!
Whoa this is wild, I was literally thinking THIS MORNING that I wanted to make an angel food cake and I wondered if you had a recipe for one! Serendipitous
My uncle used to make the best angel food cake.... he would put whipped cream and fresh kiwis blueberries and strawberries in the cream. He also had a layer in between of the mixture. Ohhhhh tooo dieee for!!
Wowww I made 2 recipes from preppy kitchen in a single day. Made eclairs and loved them... And with the egg whites made angel food cake.. And both recipes turned out amazing yummmyy
ThNk you for sharing your recipes with metric measurements ❤❤❤ i was looking for diensthabende relatively low in calories and tried tried this angel food cake - it was like heaven !! Love from Germany 🇩🇪
I remember my mom teaching me to place the angle food cake middle tube upside-down over a bottle to cool. thanks for the video! I made the lemon curd, so now I can make this cake!
I can't find super fine sugar where I live so I do the same thing. I have a tiny blitzer but it gets the job done. I'll usually blitz up 2-3 cups worth. One day I'm going to dedicate some time and blitz up a full bag of regular sugar because I make Pavlova often...
Thank you John! You're fun to watch and very good at teaching with relatable conversation. Your hubby is a lucky guy.. Thanks to you both for creating great content.
I used to make scratch German chocolate cake. The best. That is where I learned how to fold in ingredients. It was so much better than the box cake my mother used to make.
I made this recipe. I foolishly didn't sift my superfine sugar so there are a couple of little crunchies in there, otherwise a terrific recipe. I am not a huge angel food fan, but I have a friend who loves angel food and is going to be thrilled to get a whole cake. Also, super easy to make. Just pay attention while you fold and the second you don't see any dry ingredients your done.
When I was a child, I always asked Mom for an angel food cake for my birthday. I remember she inverted the pan by placing the center over the top part of an empty soda bottle.
When my aunt makes a cake very similar to this, she makes a mix of yolks and sugar (we call it ovos moles) and covers the whole cake with it, so delicious (and you get to use the whole egg). Now I can compete with her!
FUN FACT! Cream of tartar is also GREAT for cleaning water spots off chrome and tile! Just make a paste and it works great! By the way, I love angel food cake and I'm very guilty of using a box mix for convenience. I sometimes add in a packet of sugar free jell-o in various flavors (lemon is my favorite). Thanks for making my day! I am going to give my dishwasher a stern talking to now.
You are hilarious!! Love the drizzle in sugar as you review life choices portion. Ahhh!! Love your recipes, directions, commentary. You make my day...thank you
My grandmother used to make this all the time and I can tell you this is THE BEST way to eat it: take a piece, put it in the toaster and then put butter on it. Its insanely delicious
Oh ! LOL .. I was just about to say this is one of my FAVORITE things of all time... then I realized I kind of say that about ALL your demos ... Maybe I just like EVERYthing TOO MUCH .. HA ! ANyway... It truly is a BIG favorite ! Thank YOU so much for ALL your amazing recipes and demonstrations ! : D
My Dad turns 80 this year, and I’m going to try and make him an Angel Food Cake, because that’s what my Grandma made him for his birthdays as a kid in the 1940’s. 😊
Just made this. It’s in the oven right now. I hope it turns out good. I’m going to make some fruit compote to go with it for Easter. HAPPY EASTER to you and your beautiful family!
Going to have to try this and find a Bundt cake pan. My granny use to make angel food cake all the time when I was younger. So making this would be in memory of her.
I want to make everything you show us!!! I had an angel food cake recipe that I really liked but lost it. I am soooooo glad you shared this recipe with us. I can't wait to try it! Thank you for all the tips too! I learn so much from your channel! I tried your banana muffins. They were amazing! I have never used the spice Cardamom before. Wow! I have been missing out! I will definitely be keeping that in my kitchen cabinet. Thank you so much for sharing your gifts, talents & techniques with us.
if you don’t have superfine sugar you could just blitz the sugar in the food processor before you add the flour for a couple seconds. don’t do it for too long or it turns to powdered sugar. then go about the recipe as normal. Tried it and turned out perfectly.
I am going to make this for sure! The nearby grocery store now wants $5.29 for a boxed angel food cake mix. Ridiculous. And Costco is limiting eggs to 2 containers per person. But I will make it anyway and will love it! Thanks, John!
My sister expects an (home made) Angel Food birthday cake every year. Unfortunately for me she also expects it to be a frosted and theme decorated cake. This is something I have been doing since 1982.I do not even like Angel Food cake but I will try your recipe, John. 😊🎂
Just did this...it came out so perfect. I topped it with clotted creme and mixed local berries. My staff loved it. Also, you look like you lost weight! You look fantastic
Just about to take this out of the oven! Excited to see it rising beautifully! I found a trick to wrap an aluminum can with parchment paper and place it in the middle of a springform pan...If this is as yummy as I believe it will be, I'll be in the market for a new pan!!
The only thing I would do differently is to sift the flour into the bowl at the end. Only because it has been sitting and has settled. Can't wait to make it! Edit: Turned out great!
I love your videos!! I've never thought about making an angel food cake but you made it look so easy, I will definitely be trying your recipe. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge of baking with us all. God bless.
We raised chickens when my mom was with us...and there was an OVER ABUNDANCE of eggs. My mom would make Angel Food cakes almost every day! They would be so light that one person could eat a whole cake. LoL She would use the yolks for noodles and pound cakes and freeze those for later. This takes me back...thank you for that John. I miss her.
That's such a lovely story! Thank you for sharing it.
That is what's happening to me now. I have 15 dozen eggs in my fridge. My chickens give me 17 eggs each and every day! I can't make angel food fast enough.
@@PreppyKitchen Do you mind is I ask what camera you use?
@@madampolo we fed the homeless and still do. I hate seeing things go to waste and friends get tired of "hand me downs" from the kitchen. LoL (I wear them out on everything) The homeless act as if it's Christmas even if it's scrambled eggs!!
@@222NancyG We live rurally in a sparsely populated county. I have never seen a homeless person around or in our nearest town, but there are a lot of Seniors around. Even so, I can't find a foodbank for Seniors, and usually they only take canned goods. We give them to our one neighbor who takes them into the nearest big city to his relatives. We give them to our Doctor and the people in her office. We take them to a local restaurant who employees people who could use them. Some people give them back to their chickens or other animals, but we've never done that.
My 5 year old is OBSESSED with Preppy Kitchen. The other day she helped me make the Hummingbird Cake recipe & my husband asked "Who's the guy you watch?"
Before I could respond my daughter goes "He's John Kanell, he likes to make homemade dishes to share with our family and friends" LMAO.
That is TOOO CUTE! Say hello for me!
@@PreppyKitchen You just made her night! I told her you said hello & she's jumping around excited😃 ty!
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Awwwww...so cuteeeeeee!!!!! Hope she will be like him... If she wants to?
"And I'm like girl... stop lying"
Iconic 😂👌🏻
I love it yessssssssss
Hahah i laughed at that too 😆
And i have seen ppl swap large eggs into cheaper egg containers....one time I pick up my groceries curb side, and found one visually smaller egg without the stamped label every other ones have. So annoyed 😒. That’s strait up stealing.
Time stamp please ???
@@janyaaaaaaaa it's at around 2:48
"Think about your life choices"....If I did that John...the cake might deflate!!! 😂🤣😂
LOL, no! Regret is a lost emotion 😘
@@PreppyKitchen ugh!!!! Needed this
Roflmfao I saw your comment before watching the video....Lol So in my Head he didn't just get your reply but an echo
When I heard this, the recipe got immediately on my to-do list
oh nice cake it looks so light. ive never tried to make angel food cake. Gotta try it 🧡🧡🧡
Whenever I have needed superfine sugar, I throw it in my blender a 1/2 cup at a time until I get the desired consistency, then re-measure what I need. Works perfectly every time. Great video as always. I love Angel Food cake. :)
Thank you..super fine sugar makes such a difference..:)
its called castor sugar in south africa
If anyone’s wondering why not use powdered sugar, it’s because store bought powdered sugar has corn starch to prevent clumping. I had to look it up 😄
I made this gluten free for my 4th of July berry trifle today, and it turned out so wonderfully. Incredibly fluffy/airy and fragrant. Everybody LOVED it.
I made this yesterday following measurements instead of weight and it turned out perfect. Fluffy, white, amazing. By weight the sugar was a little more than a cup and that made me nervous. So I used 1 1/2 cups of sugar. I couldn't find fine sugar, so I pulsed it in my blender until it was practically powdered sugar. Baked 35 minutes. This was my first from scratch angel food cake and my whole family loved it. Thank you!
This is on a cooling rack now. I'm praying it comes out perfect for my Moms bday tomrw. I plan to cut it into chunks and layer with chantilly cream and cherries in a trifle bowl. So glad I used scale bc my 1 C flour was 135 grams! Way off! Anyway, if anyone is wondering you can blend your sugar and flour in a good blender if you do not have a food processor. Mine was nice and fluffy.
I love all the “shameless” plugs you insert to drive traffic to more of your videos. Histerical !!!!! If people are smart they will do exactly that because your videos really are awesome! Just the right blend of humor and instructions on all your beautiful creations! I know I’ve said this before but if the Food Network was on their game they’d be on UA-cam searching for bakers with potential........you’d be a great host! Come on Food Network! Hire this genius! Thank you for another entertaining video! Your fans appreciate it!
I agree! He would be an amazing food network star! 😋
He doesn't need food network. Less politics. He already has a book out.
This was my favourite cake growing up and my Mom would make one every year for my birthday. She would invert it on a wine bottle while it cooled and we would have it with whipped cream and berries. I’ll have to try this recipe!
Omg! I had the same experience. I would ask my mom for this cake every year. It's been so long since I've had it
I just want to say I followed this recipe and everyone loved it !!!! I’m a new baker and I’ve been trying to practice, this recipe was pretty simple and the end result was such a hit ! My husband is already asking me to bake it again. Thank you 🙏
“...girl! Stop lying.” Come through sis!!!
I can’t thank you enough for putting the nutritional info with your recipes on your site. My daughter has T1 diabetes and I always have to enter the recipe on another site by hand and get the carbohydrate information. Thanks for helping me avoid that step!
I now have made this cake 5-6 times in the last month. It turns out perfect every time and this is hands down 500% better than any angel food cake you could ever buy at the store, it is so much better, you will NEVER buy another store bought one. This is my next door neighbors favorite cake and she is a vet Tech and who has saved the life of my dog, so I make it for her a lot. She rants and raves! Thank you for such a wonderful recipe. I am now a BIG fan of yours and turn to you for all my go to recipes. Plus your a hoot to watch...Sending my love to you and gratefulness....
“Girl, stop lying.” 😂🤣 Our chickens are young yet and their eggs are still medium sized, so I always add an egg or two. Love your sense of humor.
I made this amazing cake yesterday with a seven minute frosting for my birthday, along with the chicken pot pie soup. Both were out of this world amazing. Thank you so much for the great recipes.
Just put that soup in a pie!
Just made this and it was the fluffiest thing I’ve ever eaten. My whole family loved it!
I wanted to thank you for this. I made this for my baby's first birthday. I cut the cake in half and cut the top into sun rays around the bottom half. I used the yolks to make lemon curd on top. It was delicious and may make this a birthday tradition.
You give every recipe with both types of measurements... That's great Jhon!
Tried this recipe exactly like the instructions. It us the best angel food cake I have ever made, not too dry nor too sweet. But I think it's the super fine sugar and being patient and not dump things in all at once if what makes the recipe so good.
I made this last week for my girlfriend's birthday and it came out SO good! I have never had a non-store-bought angel food cake and I don't think I ever will again, this was so amazing. Thanks John!
I'm french and you're the only non-french person I would trust with pastries !! love your videos soo much
My absolute favorite cake! This was one of my mother's special-occasion cakes. Back in the '50's and '60's on those special occasions when she made it, I loved watching her invert the tube pan over a long-neck glass Pepsi bottle to cool. The bottle was perfect for this, and it was carefully stored with her tube pan. As a variation, for Easter she made the Daffodil Cake version, which was so lovely when you cut into it. I LOVE the outer "crust" of Angel Food. Thanks for introducing this cake to a new generation, John. And the memories.
My mom cooled her angel cakes the same way. It was a goal of mine to get an angel food cake pan as an adult.
I made a strawberry cake, tried making homemade frosting... it failed. But instead of throwing it out I followed your buttercream frosting recipe, and saved my frosting!! I was shocked and soooo happy! So thankful for your recipes and amazing baking advice ✨angel food cake is one of my favorites with a delicious blue raspberry sauce 🤪
Dear John, My mother would make homemade “Angel Food” cake when I was a child. She would often serve it with whipped cream and fresh strawberries 🍓- so good! 😋 Seeing you make this cake has brought back so many fond memories. My mother died this year from Covid-19 at the age of 87. I miss her dearly but it helps to remember all the loving things she did for her family. One of my favorite images of her from childhood is with her sitting on the sofa with a pan of still hot chocolate fudge in her lap, watching daytime “Soap Opera”📺, and beating the hell out of the fudge with a wooden spoon. I can still vividly remember my ecstatic delight when that spoon covered in warm fudge landed in my mouth.
For my fifth birthday my mother asked me what I wanted. I told her that all I wanted was a stuffed bunny 🐰, to invite my best friend for dinner and to have an “Angel Food” cake covered in pink icing 👦🏻🎂👧🏻. I got all three and it was one of the happiest birthdays 🥳of my life. The joys of childhood are so intense. I want to close this note by saying that I hope your show encourages people to bring the loving joy of homemade baking to their children; their efforts will never be forgotten. I am going out now to get myself an “Angel Food” cake aluminum baking pan.
I wish I were invited to your home for the holidays; it must be scrumptious! 🥧🍪🍰🧁🍥🍩🎄 Thank you so much for all the helpful videos.
I don't usually click on recipe videos that are longer than 5 minutes and if I do I end up skipping forward but with your videos I just always watch the entire thing! 💜
To the hen who laid that egg: "Girl...stop lying!" If you have trouble with your dishwasher , "Give him a stern talking to..." Ha! Had to go back and hear those again! Thanks for all you do :) Such a great channel!
I did it! I made my first angel food cake and your recipe was easy to follow and understand. It was a hit. :) Thank you for the tutorial.
Why is this the first video I have seen of yours? Where I you been all my life? I love you videos and the fact that you aren't perfect.
When I'm having a tough day at skool, baking really helps me. Watching ur videos help me and I'm really grateful for that.💙
Made this yesterday, came out good, nice flavor, easy enough. One thing I did do was use the liquid egg whites from a container as opposed to cracking that many eggs and saving the yolks and risk wasting them; the egg white fluff came out fine. It didn't rise as much during the baking process as John's, but I imagine that was my folding technique with the dry ingredients.
I made this cake last night and served it with soft whipped double cream raspberry's and blackberry we all enjoyed thank you.
Preppy kitchen, more like Angel in the kitchen! Amiright?!
Don't forget to wiz wiz wiz wiz wiz wiz it!
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Sorry -- you get two comments on this post because it has made me doubly happy. Memories from my mom making angel food cake -- 1, it was the only batter she would let me eat because it didn't have yolks. She was CRAZY about raw eggs and wouldn't let us eat anything with raw eggs in it. 2, I remember her letting me "clean off" the pan with a rubber spatula after she excised the cake from it. Those "burnt ends," as I call them, are my favorite part of the cake. I love cleaning the crumbs from the pan. And 3, I will never forget the beautiful vision of mom cooling the cake upside down -- the anticipation as we waited was almost too much. But back then, the pans didn't have fancy feet, so mom would invert the pan on the top of a soda bottle. At our house, it was TAB Cola, RC Cola, or Diet Rite Cola. Good times. Thanks for taking me on a trip down memory lane.
First cake I learned to make on my own, I was 10. Granted it was to old school box mix (2 pouches) but I made it solo. Every Jan for Dads Bday! It’s his fav when you cut it into 3 layers and fill with whipped cream blended with strawberries. In summer mom was “allowed” to mix it up with different fruits and glazes lol. I did learn to make it from scratch in my 20’s but either way it’s soooo much better than one you buy!
I was looking for something to do with my egg whites after making lemon curd, and this looks phenomenal!💯
10/10 MY BUBBLE LOVES IT!!!
Digital circus too? XD
I am such a big fan of your channel. I’m only 14 but I am trying to be the baker of my family and you are a huge help. When I was watching your macaron video I was laughing because everything you said was right about my macarons I really messed up🤣
I've loved angel food cake since I was a little kid.
My Mother made it for me on my birthday every year. My only stipulation was it had to have chocolate icing rather than vanilla.
Well I just had my 58th Birthday and the Wife is going to make me an Angel food cake using your recipe. After making your cinnamon rolls I figure She cant go wrong.
She will however ice a small portion of the cake with vanilla icing because our two Boxers have the same birthday as I do.
Can't Wait!!!
Great video! I’ve been making angel food cakes for years (I’m pretty old 👵🏻). Don’t be intimidated! I use plain ol’ unbleached flour, and plain granulated sugar. I’m sure you get slightly better results, but I think mine is fine. I like to add almond extract and vanilla.
A Grand Marnier liquor bottle is perfect to hang the cake pan on. It has a wide base & narrow neck - and it’s delicious!
You're my favourite youtube baker. Such beautiful cakes and desserts! Thank you for teaching me so much. I look forward to making this angel cake with my twins.
Oh thank you and happy baking!!
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Yours is probably my favorite cooking Channel ever, like everything you show feels like I'm capable of doing. You give me self-confidence, thank you, can't wait to try doing this recipe 💖
Thank you for making this video. I made this cake 6 times using your recipe. They all said it was the best cake they ever eaten.
I baked this cake exactly with this recipe. It came out very well but a little bit too sweet. If you are sensitive to sweetness, reduce the amount of sugar. Perfect 👍🏻
I make angel food cakes all the time, I use the recipe from a 1955 Sunbeam mixmaster cookbook. You can add the flour using the mixer, I find it's better combined than folding by hand. Turn the mixer to low and sprinkle the flour around the perimeter of the bowl, same as if hand folding. After last has gone in remove from mixer scrape around the top of the bowl and a couple of hand folds and the batter is ready for the oven
If you're beating the egg whites to stiff peaks it's almost impossible to "deflate" them no matter what you do. So adding in the flour mixture with the stand mixer is perfectly fine just like you said.
I made two key limes pies and saved the10 yokes. So satisfying knowing I used exactly 10 yokes and will use exactly 10 egg whites on this recipe! Happy Easter
I was going to have lunch at my boyfriend’s parents house and offered to make the dessert. We were having a heavy meal and I wanted a light dessert and I came up to your angel cake picture on Instagram, I was immediately sold when you said it was airy and light plus your decoration with the berries 😍
I trusted the process even though I was very nervous to put the cake into the pan without some kind of prep 😅but it turned out perfect !! The taste, the texture, the decoration ! Everyone loved it ! And there was no left over !
❤thank you so much for your amazing recipes 🤩🤩 you’re truly one of the best cooks, I can follow and understand your recipes easily and you explain so well ! 😊
He’s recipes are great. I’ve made the Cinnamon rolls , chiffon cake & chocolate cake many times.
I’m so glad I found your video! I followed another baker the other day to make one of these beautiful cakes and it was terrible. I’ve made Angel Food Cake before and it was amazing. I want to say it was your video I followed back then. I couldn’t remember. Well, I’ve made a few of your recipes and loved them all. Thank you. I hope I will do it justice this time.
You make it look so easy! Thanks for using the glass bowl to demonstrate the frothy stage. I always second guess myself with egg whites so this helped tremendously! I feel confident! Going to try it this weekend! Thank u!
Whoa this is wild, I was literally thinking THIS MORNING that I wanted to make an angel food cake and I wondered if you had a recipe for one! Serendipitous
He reads minds huh? I've been wanting to make an angel food cake and this video popped up. I can't wait to try it! I think today's the day!
Same!
UCan buy them. They're cheap.
Not A beginner thing.
This cake was divine! Definitely lived up to its name. I made it in a Bundt pan and it turned out wonderfully
I made this with the addition of 1 tsp lemon extract. Not a single crumb was left when I brought it to a birthday party. This recipe is perfect!
My uncle used to make the best angel food cake.... he would put whipped cream and fresh kiwis blueberries and strawberries in the cream. He also had a layer in between of the mixture. Ohhhhh tooo dieee for!!
I drooled in my keyboard it looks so delicious, and diabetic-friendly for me.
Wowww I made 2 recipes from preppy kitchen in a single day. Made eclairs and loved them... And with the egg whites made angel food cake.. And both recipes turned out amazing yummmyy
I have to say thank you! Because i grew up on angel food cake store bought now I can make my own best cake in the world!!!!!💚💚💚💚💚💚
After a long day working at home. You are my favorite stress reliever. I watch you noon n night, Watching you everyday from hongkong.
ThNk you for sharing your recipes with metric measurements ❤❤❤
i was looking for diensthabende relatively low in calories and tried tried this angel food cake - it was like heaven !! Love from Germany 🇩🇪
That looks like "thee" most "perfect" Angel Food Cake I have ever seen. Thanks for sharing. xo
I don’t bake. I don’t plan to bake, but you are awesome and I never miss your videos.
another amazing use for those egg yolks is Lemon Curd! goes super well with berries whip cream and angel food cake!
I tried this recipe. It was amazing. Delicious and fluffy like a cloud.
I remember my mom teaching me to place the angle food cake middle tube upside-down over a bottle to cool. thanks for the video! I made the lemon curd, so now I can make this cake!
I love making Angel Food Cake! When I don’t have enough superfine sugar, I blitz some granulated sugar in the food processor to make superfine sugar.
I can't find super fine sugar where I live so I do the same thing. I have a tiny blitzer but it gets the job done. I'll usually blitz up 2-3 cups worth. One day I'm going to dedicate some time and blitz up a full bag of regular sugar because I make Pavlova often...
I do the exact same thing too. My sister thinks I'm crazy, but it works!
I think I read it in a cookbook many many years ago. Perhaps Alton Brown? It’s great.
Lol, I wrote my comment, THEN read yours. ;)
Thank you John! You're fun to watch and very good at teaching with relatable conversation. Your hubby is a lucky guy.. Thanks to you both for creating great content.
I used to make scratch German chocolate cake. The best. That is where I learned how to fold in ingredients. It was so much better than the box cake my mother used to make.
I made this recipe. I foolishly didn't sift my superfine sugar so there are a couple of little crunchies in there, otherwise a terrific recipe. I am not a huge angel food fan, but I have a friend who loves angel food and is going to be thrilled to get a whole cake. Also, super easy to make. Just pay attention while you fold and the second you don't see any dry ingredients your done.
When I was a child, I always asked Mom for an angel food cake for my birthday. I remember she inverted the pan by placing the center over the top part of an empty soda bottle.
You ACTUALLY can see how fluffy the cake is when he took a bite !!! i am MAKING this fluff
I just ate a slice of angel food cake still a bit warm. Made from this recipe followed to the tee. It was an oh god moment. No pun intended.
I'm soooo in love with this channel, spectacular recipes, easy to explain. it is wonderful
Thank you!
Superfine sugar in the UK is called Caster Sugar. The cake flour is called Self-Raising Flour... (geek here!) xxx
When my aunt makes a cake very similar to this, she makes a mix of yolks and sugar (we call it ovos moles) and covers the whole cake with it, so delicious (and you get to use the whole egg). Now I can compete with her!
Eheh...adoro ovos moles
FUN FACT! Cream of tartar is also GREAT for cleaning water spots off chrome and tile! Just make a paste and it works great! By the way, I love angel food cake and I'm very guilty of using a box mix for convenience. I sometimes add in a packet of sugar free jell-o in various flavors (lemon is my favorite). Thanks for making my day! I am going to give my dishwasher a stern talking to now.
You are hilarious!! Love the drizzle in sugar as you review life choices portion. Ahhh!!
Love your recipes, directions, commentary. You make my day...thank you
So happy you enjoy!!!
My grandmother used to make this all the time and I can tell you this is THE BEST way to eat it: take a piece, put it in the toaster and then put butter on it. Its insanely delicious
Oh ! LOL .. I was just about to say this is one of my FAVORITE things of all time... then I realized I kind of say that about ALL your demos ... Maybe I just like EVERYthing TOO MUCH .. HA ! ANyway... It truly is a BIG favorite ! Thank YOU so much for ALL your amazing recipes and demonstrations ! : D
My Dad turns 80 this year, and I’m going to try and make him an Angel Food Cake, because that’s what my Grandma made him for his birthdays as a kid in the 1940’s. 😊
Just made this. It’s in the oven right now. I hope it turns out good. I’m going to make some fruit compote to go with it for Easter.
HAPPY EASTER to you and your beautiful family!
I’m a pan cleaner too before baking. Drives me CRAZEEEEEE!
Going to have to try this and find a Bundt cake pan. My granny use to make angel food cake all the time when I was younger. So making this would be in memory of her.
I want to make everything you show us!!! I had an angel food cake recipe that I really liked but lost it. I am soooooo glad you shared this recipe with us. I can't wait to try it! Thank you for all the tips too! I learn so much from your channel! I tried your banana muffins. They were amazing! I have never used the spice Cardamom before. Wow! I have been missing out! I will definitely be keeping that in my kitchen cabinet. Thank you so much for sharing your gifts, talents & techniques with us.
if you don’t have superfine sugar you could just blitz the sugar in the food processor before you add the flour for a couple seconds. don’t do it for too long or it turns to powdered sugar. then go about the recipe as normal. Tried it and turned out perfectly.
I made the eclairs this weekend and they were fantastic. Never thought i could bake such thing.
Thank you so much
Greetings from germany
Würdest du den wiedermachen
I love to use my Angel food cake & pile strawberries & whipped cream on it to! Turn it into a strawberry short cake type thing. 🍰🍽😋
Looking at this beautiful cake reminds me of doing a pavlova. My mom loves angel food cake and always adds sprinkles.
I am going to make this for sure! The nearby grocery store now wants $5.29 for a boxed angel food cake mix. Ridiculous. And Costco is limiting eggs to 2 containers per person. But I will make it anyway and will love it! Thanks, John!
My sister expects an (home made) Angel Food birthday cake every year. Unfortunately for me she also expects it to be a frosted and theme decorated cake. This is something I have been doing since 1982.I do not even like Angel Food cake but I will try your recipe, John. 😊🎂
You literally READ MY MIND I CANT EVEN!?!?!?!?! U RLLY R MAGICALLL 😭❤️
Thank you!!!
PERFECTION! Brought back all my best 90's memories!
Just did this...it came out so perfect. I topped it with clotted creme and mixed local berries.
My staff loved it.
Also, you look like you lost weight!
You look fantastic
Just about to take this out of the oven! Excited to see it rising beautifully! I found a trick to wrap an aluminum can with parchment paper and place it in the middle of a springform pan...If this is as yummy as I believe it will be, I'll be in the market for a new pan!!
A weird guy named Caine offered me this cake but a sentient bubble ate it in one bite.
“YOU PARASITE”
*looking at hands*
“YOU PARASITE!”
*POP!*
Lol, I was hoping someone was gonna reference Digital Circus
That parasite!
PARASITE
The only thing I would do differently is to sift the flour into the bowl at the end. Only because it has been sitting and has settled. Can't wait to make it! Edit: Turned out great!
As a Sista, I appreciate the, And I’m Like, Girl, Stop Lyin, 🤣😂
Fave comment "girl stop lying"lol love it xx
Me and my sister made this cake with your recepy, it is delicious and melt in mouth. Thank you so much.💗👏😋🍓🥝🍰
I love your videos!! I've never thought about making an angel food cake but you made it look so easy, I will definitely be trying your recipe. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge of baking with us all. God bless.
Can’t believe how similar it is to French macarons.. no wonder I love them both so much!