Dolores Clark, a great grandmother who lives in Dade City Florida recently sent me a Paleo angel food cake recipe, a grain free version of this traditional favorite. Her grandkids have tested it and given it the thumbs up!
Dolores loves to cook and tackle any food challenge. Though relatively new to healthy eating, she is making rapid strides and is a great example to her family as she learns the new skills of Traditional Cooking later in life!
Homemade Angel Food Cake (grain free)
This Paleo angel food cake recipe is a great way to use up all those pastured raw egg whites leftover from putting egg yolks in homemade ice cream, creme brulee, homemade pudding or breakfast smoothies!
Whatever you do though, skip the chemical and additive loaded liquid egg replacer like Egg Beaters from the store.
Angel Food Cake Recipe (grain and gluten free)
This recipe for a light and fluffy angel food cake is grain and gluten free (Paleo) and made with only whole food ingredients. Perfect for a birthday party or pot luck.
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup coconut flour
- 1/2 cup arrowroot powder
- 1.5 cups coconut palm sugar
- 1.5 cups egg whites about 12
- 1.5 tsp cream of tartar
- 1.5 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
Instructions
Run coconut or palm sugar through the food processor to achieve a fine texture. Mix coconut flour, arrowroot powder, and 3/4 cups coconut or palm sugar in a bowl with a wire whip and set aside.
In a second bowl, whip egg whites, cream of tartar and salt until foamy but not stiff. Slowly add (2 TBL at a time) remaining coconut sugar. Whip until stiff peaks form.
Fold in vanilla and almond extract. With a rubber scraper or whisk, carefully fold the flour mixture into the egg whites mixture adding 2-3 tablespoons at a time.
Put into tube pan. Bake Paleo angel food cake at 375 F/ 191 C for 30-35 min or until the top springs back when lightly touched.
Remove angel food cake from oven and invert to cool.
NOTE: This Paleo angel food cake has a lovely caramel flavor and is moister than regular angel food cake but with similar texture. It also doesn’t rise quite as high as regular angel food cake.
More Healthy Cakes to Try!
Love light and fluffy traditionally made cakes and breads? Try these recipes too
- Paleo Honey Bread (just like Sara Lee pound cake)
- Chocolate chip cookie cake recipe
- Devils food cake
- Carrot cake recipe
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Recipe correction: The Arrowroot is 1/3 cup + 2 Tbls.
Sorry Sarah for forgetting the word cup after the 1/3…..
Thanks Dorsey. I’ve fixed it now.
That looks great! I would prefer the caramelized flavor 🙂
HELP! there are sooooo many recipes with arrowroot powder and I cannot find it ANYWHERE! I bought some at the health food store and they charge $11 for a tiny little jar (spice jar size!) Someone told me to look at an Asian market and I went to 3 and no one had any and don’t get any in! agggg! I really want to make this for the hubs and toddler… anything else I could use?!
I get 1 lb bags made by Bob’s Red Mill for about $6. You can order at my Amazon store if you can’t find it locally (4 bags for $23.99 which is about what I pay at the healthfood store):
I get it through Azure. You’d have to compare the price to see if it’s better.
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You can also order a lot of baking stuff (healthy versions, mostly organic) from http://www.mountainroseherbs.com
I order arrowroot powder from them in bigger bags because I use it as baby powder for my day care infants. No talc on these baby bottoms!
Try a store that sells herbs and spices in their bulk area. My Whole Foods does this. You just scoop a bit into a small plastic baggie and it’s charged by weight. Much cheaper than buying a LOT when you don’t use it too often:)
oh thank you!!!! I will look at Bob’s Red Mill first and then if not I will check your Amazon store!!! thanks!
Yummy!
This looks like an easy and very tasty cake to make. It is definitely a recipe to try.
Can’t wait for someone to make this and report back!! I will be trying it some time next week!
This is so wonderful. I used to make angel food cake all the time until we found out my son cant have gluten. Cant wait to try this out.
Any ideas for an icing/glaze?
Oh, my! Thinking that with fresh strawberries and real whipped cream…YUMMY!!! Can not wait to try this!!!
I have shredded coconut (and lots of it). Can I make coconut flour from that? If so, how?
I’ve been grain and legume free for almost 2 months and this recipe answers my question about what to do for some upcoming birthday celebrations. Thanks for posting!
ooh awesome I was thinking of devising an Angel Food cake recipe to use up all my egg whites and now I don’t have to! Can’t wait to try this! Thanks Sarah!!
yum have to try it!
This sounds wonderful!!!!!! THanks so much for sharing. Question though: I don’t have coconut sugar and not sure if I have access to it- what else could I use? Normally I’d sub honey or maple but I know angel food can be tricky……
Date sugar is very similar to coconut sugar.
when you use the coconut sugar – I am assuming you are using the kind you need to grate (it comes in blocks at the Asian store). Is that right? Do you “pack” the measuring cup or leave it loose? thanks!
My coconut sap sugar is granulated. You would not want to pack the cup.
I am confused as to how a cake can be considered better for a specific gender.
thank you so much for sharing. this will be wonderful topped with fresh strawberries and raw milk whipped cream! Mmm! and so funny, but I lived in Dade City for one year. 🙂
Is there anything I can substitute for the arrowroot powder? It gives me migraines. Thank you.
Hi,
I am not clear on what palm sugar is-is it the same as jaggery? The stuff we get herein the UAE is from India, sold in big rustic chunks that have to be grated.
Also, I am curious about coconut sugar. Do you know what country does it come from/who processes it?
Thanks!
Delicious! I think I’ll use less sugar though next time. Any idea how to make this sort of cake more GAPS friendly? substituting the arrowroot and palm sugar? I might try date sugar next time but not sure about the arrowroot. It’s just the kind of recipe I need to use up all those frozen egg whites I’ve been storing!