Baby angel food cakes
Makes 6
6 egg whites
Pinch of salt
½ tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup plus 2 tbsp caster sugar
½ cup flour
Pink icing, to decorate
1. Heat oven to 190°C. Place egg whites, salt and cream of tartar in a bowl, then whisk with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Beat in the vanilla.
2. Add the sugar gradually, a little at a time, beating well after each addition. Continue beating until the mixture is thick and glossy. Sift flour over the mixture and fold in until amalgamated.
3. Spoon mixture into six, ungreased one-cup-capacity cake or muffin tins. Bake for 15 minutes or until the cakes are golden brown, firm and coming away from the sides of the tins.
4. Cool in tins, then carefully remove (you may need to gently remove the cakes from the side of the tins with the end of a blunt knife). Drizzle cakes with pink icing and serve.
Pink icing
Makes ½ cup
1½ cups icing sugar
Juice of 1 lemon
A few drops red food colouring
1-2 tablespoons boiling water
1. Sift icing sugar into a bowl to remove lumps. Stir in lemon juice, food colouring and just enough boiling water to form a smooth, pale-pink icing of a pourable consistency.
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