I then put one drop of red food coloring into the mixture to make a nice pink glaze, just like Ruby's cake in the book.ĩ. Add more sugar or milk until desired glaze texture is achieved. For the glaze, I mixed together powdered sugar with about 4 tablespoons of milk. Immediately invert pan and cool completely for 1 hour.Ĩ. If the cake does not bounce back, bake for a few more minutes.ħ. If the indentation bounces back, the cake is done. To make sure it is done, take a spoon and lightly press down on the top part of the cake. Bake until lightly browned (around 35-40 minutes). Cut through batter with a knife to remove air pockets. Gently spoon into an ungreased 10 in tube pan.

Folding is a technique where you lift both the flour and mixture together so that they combine.Ħ. Gradually fold in flour mixture, about 1/2 cup at a time. Soft peaks are when the ends of these mounds curl over, while stiff peaks stay straight up.ĥ. Peaks are when a mixture has been whipped long enough to become stiff, not runny. What is a peak, you ask? I had to look this up too. Gradually add remaining sugar, about 2 tablespoons at a time, beating on high until stiff peaks form. Beat mixture on medium speed until soft peaks form. Add cream of tartar, vanilla extract, almond extract, and salt to the egg whites.Ĥ. Place the oven rack in the lowest position. While waiting for the eggs to sit, sift 1/2 cup of sugar and all of the cake flour together twice.Īllow your bunnies to join in the fun of decorating!ģ.

Go slowly and gently transfer the yolk from one half of the cracked shell to the other to obtain all of the egg whites from the egg.Ģ.

Be careful not to get any of the yolk or egg shell into the egg whites. Place egg whites in a large bowl let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. See tips and tricks below if you do not have a tube cake pan.ġ. Not needed, but extremely helpful to have: tube cake pan or angel food cake pan.Here are the ingredients you will need (make sure you have enough bunny moneybefore going out shopping!) THE MAKE I retrieved the recipe from this website. So, I decided I would finally try this unique cake. While I am more of a cookie connoisseur, I always thought that the angel food cake that Ruby made looked absolutely delicious. 'We are going to make Grandma an angel surprise cake with raspberry-fluff icing.'' Reserve the book here.īunny rabbits are my favorite animals, so growing up, I loved reading Rosemary Wells's Max and Ruby books. This week on the Great DPPL Bake Along: Patron Accounts Assistant Michelle makes Angel Food Cake, inspired by the delicious looking cake in Rosemary Wells's book Bunny Cakes. Great DPPL Bake-Along Angel Surprise Cake from Bunny Cakes Storytime In Polish / Storytime Po Polsku.Storytime In Spanish / Storytime en español.

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