POPPY-SEED ANGEL FOOD CAKES WITH LEMON SYRUP

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If you don't have the pastry rings we call for in this recipe, you can use 1/2-cup muffin cups. However, the batter will fill 6 muffin cups, making smaller cakes.

Yield Serves 4

Number Of Ingredients 12

vegetable-oil cooking spray
4 large egg whites
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 cup superfine sugar
1/3 cup cake flour (not self-rising)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon poppy seeds
four 3- by 1 1/2-inch stainless-steel entremet (pastry) rings
Garnish: 1 1/2 teaspoons confectioners' sugar
Accompaniment:Lemon Syrup

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Set rings on a baking sheet and lightly spray insides with cooking spray.
  • In a large bowl with an electric mixer beat whites until frothy. Add cream of tartar and beat until whites just hold soft peaks. Beat in superfine sugar, a little at a time, and beat until whites just hold stiff peaks. Sift flour with salt over whites and gently fold in with remaining ingredients.
  • Spoon batter into rings, mounding batter, and bake in middle of oven until golden brown, about 20 minutes (cakes will fall slightly during baking). Transfer rings on sheet to a rack to cool. Run a thin knife around edges of rings and gently remove cakes, transferring them to plates.
  • Dust cakes with confectioners' sugar and spoon syrup around them.

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