Lime angel food cake
Lime angel food cake recipe in the cake category
Recipe ingredients:
- 2 eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoons granulated sugar, divided
- 6 tablespoons lime juice
- 2 teaspoons grated lime peel
- 12 cups cold butter or margarine, cubed
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1, 10 inch, prepared angel food cake
- 1 cup flaked coconut, toasted
Recipe method:
- In the top of a double boiler, beat eggs and yolks.
- Stir in 1/2 cup of the sugar, lime juice and peel.
- Cook over simmering water while gradually whisking in butter.
- Cook and stir until mixture is thickened and reaches 160 degrees F.
- Strain. Refrigerate until completely cool.
- In a mixing bowl, beat whipping cream and vanilla extract until stiff peaks form.
- Gradually beat in remaining sugar.
- Gently fold into lime mixture.
- Split cake horizontally into three layers.
- Place bottom layer on a serving plate.
- Spread with 2/3 cup lime mixture.
- Repeat.
- Place top layer on cake.
- Frost top and sides with remaining lime mixture.
- Sprinkle top and sides of cake with coconut.
- Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before slicing.
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