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One of the things that had been constant early in my life as long as I was at home was that we had dinner my Mom or my Grandma cooked themselves. It was something that I assumed everyone did because it was so usual. And it was with a great deal of surprise that I found out that homemade wasn’t exactly normal for everyone. Because I lived in a home that chose to sit around the table and eat together, we had some pretty good meals. But then came desert. Ah.
My Mom makes a Lemon Angel Food Cake for my birthday every year because it is one of my favorite cakes. It takes a while to make but it most assuredly worth it. She has been doing this for several years now and it’s become a family tradition over the years for her to make the cake of choice.
For me to make this particular recipe would take a Hamilton Beach® Mixer since my little hand mixer could not handle the job. The Hamilton Beach brand of kitchen appliances just happens to be one of my favorites to use. This recipe is similar to the one Mom uses to make her cakes. Hope you like the Lemon Angel Food Cake:
2 lemons
1 cup cake flour
1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar
12 large egg whites
1 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cup granulated sugar
For the lemon sauce
1 large lemon
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
Preheat oven to 375 deg. From lemons, grate 2 teaspoons peel and squeeze 1 tablespoon juice; set aside. On waxed paper, mix flour and confectioners’ sugar; set aside.
In large bowl, mixer at high speed, beat egg whites, cream of tartar, and salt until soft peaks form. Beat in vanilla and lemon juice. Still at high speed, sprinkle in granulated sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, beating until whites stand in stiff peaks.
Sift flour mixture over egg whites, one-third at a time, folding in with rubber spatula after each addition, just until flour mixture is completely incorporated. Fold in grated lemon peel.
Spoon batter into ungreased 10-inch tube pan with removable bottom; with metal spatula, gently spread evenly. Bake cake 35 to 40 minutes, until top springs back when lightly touched with finger. Invert cake in pan on funnel or bottle; cool completely in pan.
Fixing the Lemon Sauce: From lemon, grate 1 teaspoon peel and squeeze 1/4 cup juice. In 1-quart saucepan, mix sugar and cornstarch until blended. Add lemon peel, lemon juice, butter or margarine, and 2/3 cup water; heat to boiling over high heat, stirring frequently. Boil 1 minute, stirring. Transfer sauce to bowl; cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. Yield: 1 1/4 cups.
With metal spatula, carefully loosen cake from pan; place on cake plate. Serve cake with sauce.
For this and so many other recipes, I found that I want to choose the Eclectrics® Mixer and the because I took a good look at them on their website and I was thoroughly impressed with what it could do. With 12 mixing settings, it would certainly be easy to control what’s going on in the bowl. Speaking of bowl, this machine has a 4 and a half quart locking bowl. Nice feature!
One of the biggest problems I have found with a mixer is trying to mix a large amount of dough. That can be very difficult, even with the standard mixers. This machine can handle it with it’s 400 watts of power. And just on a fun level, I visited their website to see this beautiful Hamilton Beach® Stand Mixer. They have a color click thing where you can see what color you want. Yes, I had to play with that. There are several colors I like so it’s going to be really tough figuring out the color I want but the Hamilton Beach® Mixer is definitely one I want to buy.
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I was so glad to know I’m not the olnly one to purchase fancy gadgets use them once or twice and store them away…..I also have the stainless steel kitchen Aid mixer, a beautiful blender, chopper, and this doesn’t include my exercize equipment lined up in the basement. We all must have a soft spot for gadgets….
Enjoy the hand mixer that’s the one I use the most as well…
It really is all about the gadgets. I have several that are not being used except in extreme emergencies. LOL!!
Thanks for commenting.
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