Angel Food Cake I

1 Cup Cake flour

1 1/4 Cup Sugar

1/4 Teaspoon Salt

1 Cup Egg white

1 Teaspoon Cream of tartar

1 Teaspoon Vanilla

1/4 Teaspoon Almond extract

BOILED ICING 1 1/2 Cup Sugar

1/4 Teaspoon Cream of tartar

3/4 Cup -- water

1/4 Teaspoon Salt

3 Egg white

1 Teaspoon Vanilla

1/4 Teaspoon Almond extract

How to Make Cakes -- 1936 from *Cakes Men Like* by Benjamin Darling

Sift flour once, measure and sift four more times. Measure sugar and sift or roll if coarse. Add salt to egg whites and beat until foamy; add cream of tartar and continue beating until stiff but not dry. Fold in the sugar, one tablespoon at a time, the n

Boiled icing: Mix sugar, cream of tartar and water and cook over low heat until syrup spins a thread (240 F). Meanwhile, add salt to egg whites and beat with a flat beater until stiff. Pour syrup in a thin stream over the egg whites; add flavorings. B