Angel Food Cupcakes Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is the secret to angel food cake? ›

Angel food cake is one-of-a-kind, and no other cake recipe matches its super fluffy, airy texture. Though it's a type of sponge cake, it differs from other popular recipes because it's traditionally made using no butter or oil in the batter. Instead, beaten egg whites are the secret to its ultra-light texture.

Angel food cake, or angel cake, is a type of sponge cake made with egg whites, flour, and sugar. A whipping agent, such as cream of tartar, is commonly added. It differs from other cakes because it uses no butter. Its aerated texture comes from whipped egg white.

One of the best ingredients for creating moist cakes and cupcakes is sour cream. Adding a few tablespoons of sour cream to your batter will help to keep your cakes and cupcakes moist and fluffy. You can also add a teaspoon of vinegar or lemon juice to the batter to help keep the cakes moist.

While you can use a regular cake recipe in an angel food cake pan, it's important to note that the pan is specifically designed for light and airy batters.

Topping & Serving Ideas

Fresh fruit or berries (blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries are my favorite!) Homemade berry jam. Drizzle of chocolate ganache or salted caramel. Lemon curd.

Why are my cupcakes dense? Dense cupcakes happen for almost the same reasons as the dry cupcakes. Adding too much flour and dry ingredients will absorb the moisture in the batter, resulting in a dry crumb. Not whipping the butter enough may cause your cupcakes to be dry and dense.

But whatever you do, don't try baking angel food cake in a bundt pan. A bundt pan's design is usually too intricate for angel food cakes, which must be cut away from the simple tube pans they're baked in once the cake has cooled.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch pan with cooking spray. Mix pineapple with juice and cake mix together in a large bowl until well combined; pour batter into the prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 25 minutes.

Do not grease the angel food cake tube pan (one in which the center tube is higher than the walls of pan and the bottom is removable.) You want the batter to cling to the side while it is rising. A greased pan will not allow the batter to rise.

What causes an angel food cake not to rise? ›

A small bit of moisture or egg yolk mixed in with the egg whites, a particularly humid day, or repeatedly opening your oven can also cause the cake to not rise. Over-mixing the batter once you've added the flour is another likely culprit, mix until just combined.

Every angel food cake has to be cooled upside down in the pan. Why? Until the cake is completely cooled, its spongy structure hasn't set. Flipping it upside down makes sure it doesn't collapse during that process.

Baking: The temperature at which an angel food is baked is very important – if it's too low, the cake won't rise like it should. If it's too high, the top of the cake will set before the cake has fully risen, and it will stifle itself. Either way, the result is a less-than-airy angel food.