Valerie Bertinelli's Orange Vanilla Bean Angel Food Cake | Valerie's Home Cooking | Food Network

Valerie blends together a classic sweet-citrus combo for this incredibly light and fluffy cake!

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Orange Vanilla Bean Angel Food Cake
RECIPE COURTESY OF VALERIE BERTINELLI
Level: Easy
Total: 3 hr 10 min (includes cooling time)
Active: 40 min
Yield: 10 to 12 servings

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup cake flour
1/4 teaspoon fine salt
2 tablespoons orange zest
1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
12 large egg whites, at room temperature
1 vanilla bean

Directions

Special equipment: a 10-inch tube pan

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Add the sugar to a food processor and blend until the sugar is super fine, about 1 minute. Reserve half (about 3/4 cup) of the sugar and set aside.

Add the cake flour, the remaining sugar (about 3/4 cup), and the salt to a medium bowl. Sift into another medium bowl. Sift the mixture back into the original bowl. This helps get rid of any lumps and creates a very fluffy light texture in the cake.

In a large bowl, add the orange zest, cream of tartar and egg whites. Slice the vanilla bean in half, scrape the seeds out with a knife, and add the seeds to the bowl with the egg whites. Using a hand mixer, begin to beat the egg white mixture on medium-high speed. While mixing, slowly stream in the remaining sugar. Beat the mixture until it holds medium peaks, this could take up to 10 minutes.

Set the mixer aside and sift a light dusting of the flour mixture on top of the egg white mixture. Use a rubber spatula to fold the flour into the egg white mixture, this is done by slicing through the middle of the mixture and folding up and over along the side of the bowl to incorporate the flour. Keep sifting and folding until all the flour mixture has been incorporated.

Carefully spoon the mixture into an ungreased 10-inch tube pan. Use a knife to swirl around the pan 2 times to release any unwanted air bubbles. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean, about 30 minutes.

Remove from the oven and cool upside down on a cooling rack. Let cool for at least 1 hour before removing the cake from the pan and cooling completely.

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Valerie Bertinelli's Orange Vanilla Bean Angel Food Cake ​| Valerie's Home Cooking | Food Network

[erikabarnes]

I love how you always have someone close to you to experience the wonderful food that you’ve made at the end of the show. Makes it cozy and special

[carolyncrider]

I love you Valerie, long time fan since One Day At A Time.

[pattifrancis]

Valerie you are my favourite to watch, you make everything look so easy and fun to make. I have always been a fan and want to tell you that you still look AMAZING at 61 years young!

[liaawich]

Valerie you're great inside and out don't let nobody ever tell you any different.

[sheryljohnson]

Valerie your hair is so beautiful .You always look so beautiful ..You are my favorite movie star.And Chief. You are so sweet Everything you make looks so good and easy to make.. Love you . You are amazing. Your always so happy .. You make my day.. You are a light to this world.. Sweet on the inside and out. So beautiful..

[jx]

Absolutely adore Valerie's amazing recipes, yummy to the tummy indeed!!

[aatt]

Fat is good for you. I would definitely make custards out of these saved yokes, they are liquid gold.

[donnabourque]

Another person in the world that uses a sifter besides myself thank you so much!!!

[buckeyefangirl]

Oh that looks so yummy❤️❤️
Have a fun and safe 4th sweetie.

[jjackeeeKooKz]

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👗👍🏼 *Oh YES! We Love Valerie's Cooking, Angel Food Vanilla Bean Cake! O.M.G.*
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[allentrice]

👍😎 What the classic cake she had! Sounds delicious! 🍰🍰🍰

[vnette]

Yummy!Beautiful!The cake looks great too!😘❤

[tracylynn]

Another great recipe 💕 thanks Val your Channel is awesome 👏💗

[MrsPetal]

OmL delicious, thanks for sharing your cake recipe with us.

[MrsPetal]

I'm a huge fan of hers, I think she's so sweet and wonderful. <3

[Suzy]

I love angel food cake.. it’s my “less guilt when I eat it cake..”. But it’s always lacking a little flavor to me so I love this recipe. Going to try it very soon!

Valerie.. still a ray of sunshine.. She’s always been authentic and beautiful inside & out. And a wonderful cook too.

[nhungcrosbie]

Thank you for sharing this recipe! I’ll try out your cake recipe soon.

[texascottagekitchen]

Looks great! Off to buy an Angel food cake pan! 😃🍰

[tanyasells]

Oh my I love angel food cake that sounds so yummy how do you make your angel food cake who has egg whites in it so there isn't a whole lot of sugar in it is there

[Sakja]

Good job folding, Valerie. Most people don't know how to fold nowadays.