Angel Food Cupcakes

Angel food cupcakes

Angel Food is one of those delectable sounding light as air concoctions that you like just from the sound of the name. Indeed its very light and fluffy and tastes much like how you imagined a cloud to taste like when you were a child. I have made angel food cake before but I bought some lovely cupcake holders on the weekend from DJs. They are by Donna Hay and they’re French pleated cups in a semi transparent stiff glassine-like paper. I have something like 500 cupcake cups in my cupboards so I didn’t really need these but I figured when they’re so chic and they’re 100 for $7.95, what’s an extra 100 or so? The best part was that they fit my cupcake baking tray perfectly and quite honestly, no cupcake cups ever have before.

Angel food cupcakes

However beware if you are using these cups, they will discolour slightly when baked so best to pop them in a new cup once you’re ready to ice if you are not storing in the fridge or just before serving. A big downfall is if you store them in the fridge in the second outer cup, the second cup becomes wet and loose and does not hold its shape at all. So ideally you’d make the cupcakes on the day you want to eat them and then slide them in new cups just before icing and serving them. Or you can refrigerate them iced and then before serving pop them in a new cup. They are ridiculously chic though so all is forgiven with the minor fiddlyness.

Angel food cupcakes

Angel Food Cake

An original recipe by Not Quite Nigella

  • 5 egg whites at room temperature
  • 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 3/4 cup pure icing sugar
  • 1/2 cup plain flour
  • 600ml cream whipped with 1-2 tablespoons of caster sugar
  • Silver cachous, butterflies or white chocolate shavings to decorate

1. Lay out cupcake pans in tray

2. Ensure beaters and bowl are very clean. Beat egg whites and lemon juice in a bowl until frothy. Add vanilla and cream of tartar. Beat on high speed until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in icing sugar until firm peaks form.

Angel food cupcakes

3. Sift flour 3 times. Gently fold flour into egg white mixture until just combined. Spoon mixture into pan using metal spoon and spread top evenly using a spatula. These will not rise so fill them up to where you want the cake to go.

4. Cook in moderate oven 170c for about 15 mins until cooked. Allow to cool in pan.

5. Decorate with sweetened whipped cream, cachous and butterflies/angel wings

Angel food cupcakes

If you enjoyed this post, why not share it with your friends?

Print Page

Related Posts

Subscribe to Not Quite Nigella

Subscribe to Not Quite Nigella to receive daily updates via email. Just enter your email address and press Subscribe.

18 Comments | Add your own

  • 1. belle | December 18th, 2007 at 4:53 pm | #

    Thanks for posting about these paper cups. I saw them but bought the blue and red Donna Hay ones instead. The pleated cups look really nice with your angel cakes though.

  • 2. Not Quite Nigella | December 19th, 2007 at 4:59 am | #

    Hi Belle-Thanks! :D The blue and red ones were cute too. I was thinking of buying those too but my burgeoning cupboard of cupcakes pans indicated otherwise :lol: How are the blue and red ones? Are they ok if you put the cupcakes in the fridge or do they get floppy like the white pleated ones?

  • 3. belle | December 19th, 2007 at 5:39 pm | #

    I’ve got a stash too! Which is why I haven’t used the cases yet. Might try some sort of hummingbird cake for Christmas.

  • 4. belle | December 19th, 2007 at 5:42 pm | #

    PS: Have a look here:
    http://ilovemilkandcookies.blogspot.com/2007/10/second-chance-for-miss-martha.html

  • 5. Pat | December 20th, 2007 at 7:01 pm | #

    Those cakes look gorgeous! I’ll have to give them a go. Was wondering where else you can buy cute cupcake cases in Sydney?

  • 6. Not Quite Nigella | December 20th, 2007 at 9:13 pm | #

    Hi Belle-Mmm hummingbird is one of my favourites cakes, I’m crazy about cream cheese icing! Very cute liners!

    Hi Pat-Thanks! :D I usually buy my cupcake cases on ebay. Sad that I have to resort to buying them online I know but there seems to be a dearth of cute cupcake liners in Sydney.

  • 7. Lori | December 26th, 2007 at 7:40 am | #

    Hi there, I found your blog today. It is terrific! I too came across these liners at DJs, your comments on how user-friendly they are are much appreciated. I also eyed the red/blue stripey ones, but being the tight8rse I am, thought I’d wait to see if they would be discounted post-Xmas.

  • 8. Not Quite Nigella | December 26th, 2007 at 10:44 pm | #

    Hi Lori-Thanks! :D Haha I think I’ll do the same and load up on them if they’re on sale ;) )

  • 9. lisa | February 14th, 2008 at 11:04 pm | #

    i made chocolate cupcakes with a ganache frosting. they are nice and shiny. do i keep them in the fridge or not?

  • 10. Not Quite Nigella | February 15th, 2008 at 2:21 am | #

    Hi Lisa-I think refrigeration might dull the shininess a bit. Perhaps keep it in an airtight container in a cool place.

  • 11. Jenny | June 16th, 2008 at 5:32 pm | #

    Gosh these do indeed look very heavenly! Is that vanilla extract as part of the ingredient?

  • 12. Not Quite Nigella | June 16th, 2008 at 8:08 pm | #

    Hi Jenny-Thanks so much! :D You can use either vanilla extract or vanilla paste.

  • 13. Tara | July 14th, 2009 at 12:50 pm | #

    I made this recipe this past weekend- they were delicious! I am planning to share a link to your recipe on my blog- please let me know if you prefer that I don’t. Thanks!

  • 14. Stefania | September 11th, 2009 at 12:12 am | #

    Too funny re the cases I bought these when they first came out at DJ’s also but I also succumbed and bought the red white & blue stripe ones!! Can’t resist pretty cases! I still have my pleated ones use them for special occasions as haven’t seen them since and when I last visited the DH store they didn’t have any!! Whilst in NY in June noticed McDonalds serves ketchup in mini french pleated cups!! Bought some from a kitchen supply store in NY but the DH ones are bigger. I buy cupcake cases online from http://www.bakerscups.com – after searching for navy blue cases found them here along with the brown etc….. Thanks!

  • 15. shaun | December 9th, 2009 at 5:19 am | #

    How many cupcakes does this make approximately?

  • 16. Judy Evans | February 26th, 2010 at 4:27 am | #

    Hi, I was looking for those french pleated cup cake papers as well, which is how I can to your site (good old google). In the end I tried donna hay in Australia and they sent me an e-mail catalogue with the papers in – they will post out the papers and mine are going to England.

    Try enquiries@donnahaygeneralstore.com.au

    Hope this helps Judy PS love your cupcake pics.

  • 17. Mary | December 8th, 2011 at 6:17 pm | #

    Hi,
    I dont suppose you have any cup cake cases you would like to sell? They are just gorgeous and have not seen any so elegant, anywhere, unless you can point me in the right direction?
    Mary

One Trackback/Pingback

  • [...] baby cakes just because of their squat size. I thought they would rise more, but after seeing this recipe on Not Quite Nigella, it seems that with the nature of angel food cake, in cupcake form, you have to fill up to how tall [...]

Post a Comment

Your email is never published nor shared. Required fields are marked *
*
*