It's past midnight here in Cary, NC on Christmas Eve. I have a million things to do, but wanted to stop for a moment to wish my readers a Merry Christmas.
My traditional Christmas cake is a coconut angel food cake. It is beyond excellent and guaranteed not to last the evening. Tonight I made one but couldn't find my coconut extract, so had to send my husband out looking for some at the last minute. I thought for sure my cake would flop because I had already starting beating the eggs prior to sending him out, but surprisingly it turned out beautiful!
I haven't frosted it yet, but wanted to post some pictures of me making the cake. One of these days I'll put up a tutorial on how to make this particular cake because it is so incredibly good...but not tonight...or today I should say.
Here are a few photos:
My traditional Christmas cake is a coconut angel food cake. It is beyond excellent and guaranteed not to last the evening. Tonight I made one but couldn't find my coconut extract, so had to send my husband out looking for some at the last minute. I thought for sure my cake would flop because I had already starting beating the eggs prior to sending him out, but surprisingly it turned out beautiful!
I haven't frosted it yet, but wanted to post some pictures of me making the cake. One of these days I'll put up a tutorial on how to make this particular cake because it is so incredibly good...but not tonight...or today I should say.
Here are a few photos:
12 egg whites, cream of tartar, coconut extract, sugar, salt
Beating it until stiff peaks form.
Almost there! Fold in flour mixture and then bake it...and it turns out like this:
Cool it upside down and use a knife to loosen the cake
My cake awaiting its frosting in my favorite cake stand/dome.
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