Here are the cake ingredients. The flour and powdered sugar have been mixed together. Preheat oven to 375 F and place oven rack on the lowest level
Use the whisk attachment
Combine egg white an cream of tartar, beat on high
After 30 seconds
After one minute
After two minutes, start adding the granulated sugar, one third at a time, mixing on high until fully combined
Second addition
Third addition
After the third and final addition of sugar, add the vanilla and almond extracts, along with the salt. Then beat on high until stiff peaks have formed
This is not stiff peaks. As you can see, the peaks fall over.
This is stiff peaks. It took about 7-8 minutes to get here
A quarter cup at a time, sift in flour and powdered sugar and fold to combine
This is after all the flour/powdered sugar has been folded in
Get an UNGREASED bundt pan
Spoon batter into pan and run a knife though pushing batter to the sides and getting rid of any large air bubbles
After 30-35 minutes in the oven, this is the cake! There should be little cracks on top and it should spring back from a light touch. It now has to cool for two hours (seriously two)
To cool cake, place upside down with the middle of the pan resting on a heatproof glass. Don't worry, the cake will not fall out
When the cake is done cooling, run a knife along the edges and flip onto a plate. The cake can be eaten like this but follow the next steps for an out-of-this-world angel food cake experience