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Healthy Home Economist / Archives / Recipes / Dessert Recipes / Cake Recipes / Fluffy Angel Food Cake (grain-free)

Fluffy Angel Food Cake (grain-free)

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    • Ingredients
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    • More Healthy Cakes to Try!

This light and fluffy angel food cake recipe is grain-free and made with healthy, whole food ingredients. Perfect for a birthday party or potluck.

gluten free angel food cake on large platter

Light and fluffy with tongue tantalizing texture, angel food cake is an all-time favorite, especially for birthday parties and special occasions like Mother’s Day!

Dolores Clark, a great-grandmother who lives in Dade City Florida devised the ingenious, grain-free angel food cake recipe below.

It is tested by her grandkids who give it a big thumbs up!

Homemade angel food cake is a delicious way to use any pastured raw egg whites left from making egg yolk-only recipes such as , creme brulee, homemade pudding, or breakfast smoothies!

Whatever you do, skip the chemical and additive-loaded liquid egg replacer from the store!

Flavor and Texture

This grain-free angel food cake has a lovely caramel flavor and is moister than regular angel food cake.

While it has a similar texture, it does not rise quite as high as regular angel food cake made with wheat.

Preparation and Serving Suggestions

This recipe for homemade powdered sugar contains a video demonstration of how to create a fine texture using coarse, unrefined coconut sugar or sucanat. This is an important step in the recipe method below.

It would be a good idea to serve each slice of cake with a scoop of homemade vanilla ice cream or a drizzle of heavy grassfed cream.

This addition will provide plenty of healthy fats to compensate for the carbs in the cake.

Paleo Angel Food Cake (Grain Free)
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Fluffy Angel Food Cake Recipe

This recipe for light and fluffy angel food cake is gluten and grain-free, using only healthy, whole food ingredients.

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword gluten free, grain free, healthy, light
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 110 kcal
Author Sarah Pope

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup coconut flour
  • 1/2 cup arrowroot powder
  • 1 1/2 cups coconut palm sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups egg whites about 12
  • 1 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp almond extract
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt

Instructions

  1. Run coconut palm sugar through the food processor to achieve a fine texture. Mix coconut flour, arrowroot powder, and 1/2 cup of the superfine sugar in a bowl with a wire whip and set aside.

  2. In a second bowl, whip egg whites, cream of tartar and salt until foamy but not stiff. Slowly add (2 Tbsp at a time) the remaining 1 cup of superfine coconut sugar. Whip until stiff peaks form.

  3. 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 Tbsp at a time.

  4. Put into a greased stainless steel tube pan. Bake at 375 °F/ 191 °C for 30-35 min or until the top of the cake springs back when lightly touched.

  5. Remove angel food cake from oven and invert on a large platter to cool and gently release from the pan.

Nutrition Facts
Fluffy Angel Food Cake Recipe
Amount Per Serving (1 slice)
Calories 110 Calories from Fat 5
% Daily Value*
Fat 0.5g1%
Saturated Fat 0.5g3%
Potassium 221mg6%
Carbohydrates 22g7%
Fiber 1.5g6%
Protein 4g8%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
grain-free angel food cake on wood counter

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
  • Gluten-free Carrot cake recipe
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Category: Cake Recipes, Egg White Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Paleo Recipes
Sarah Pope

Sarah Pope MGA has been a Health and Nutrition Educator since 2002. She is a summa cum laude graduate in Economics from Furman University and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

She is the author of three books: Amazon #1 bestseller Get Your Fats Straight, Traditional Remedies for Modern Families, and Living Green in an Artificial World.

Her four eBooks Good Diet…Bad Diet, Real Food Fermentation, Ketonomics, and Ancestrally Inspired Dairy-Free Recipes are available for complimentary download via Healthy Home Plus.

Her mission is dedicated to helping families effectively incorporate the principles of ancestral diets within the modern household. She is a sought after lecturer around the world for conferences, summits, and podcasts.

Sarah was awarded Activist of the Year in 2010 at the International Wise Traditions Conference, subsequently serving on the Board of Directors of the nutrition nonprofit the Weston A. Price Foundation for seven years.

Her work has been covered by numerous independent and major media including USA Today, ABC, and NBC among many others.

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Comments (52)

  1. Sofia

    May 23, 2011 at 12:29 pm

    I have shredded coconut (and lots of it). Can I make coconut flour from that? If so, how?

    Reply
  2. Alicia

    May 23, 2011 at 12:17 pm

    Oh, my! Thinking that with fresh strawberries and real whipped cream…YUMMY!!! Can not wait to try this!!!

    Reply
  3. Joanna

    May 23, 2011 at 12:11 pm

    Any ideas for an icing/glaze?

    Reply
  4. Lauren Sturm via Facebook

    May 23, 2011 at 12:04 pm

    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.

    Reply
  5. Nichole

    May 23, 2011 at 10:07 am

    Can’t wait for someone to make this and report back!! I will be trying it some time next week!

    Reply
  6. Jo at Jo's Health Corner

    May 22, 2011 at 10:20 pm

    Yummy!
    This looks like an easy and very tasty cake to make. It is definitely a recipe to try.

    Reply
  7. Jackie

    May 22, 2011 at 6:19 pm

    oh thank you!!!! I will look at Bob’s Red Mill first and then if not I will check your Amazon store!!! thanks!

    Reply
  8. Jackie

    May 22, 2011 at 5:50 pm

    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?!

    Reply
    • Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist

      May 22, 2011 at 6:04 pm

      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):

    • Magda Velecky

      May 23, 2011 at 10:11 am

      I get it through Azure. You’d have to compare the price to see if it’s better.
      azurestandard.com

    • D.

      May 23, 2011 at 10:50 am

      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!

    • piper

      Apr 6, 2013 at 1:13 pm

      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:)

  9. Meagan

    May 22, 2011 at 12:07 pm

    That looks great! I would prefer the caramelized flavor 🙂

    Reply
  10. Dorsey Clark

    May 22, 2011 at 11:45 am

    Recipe correction: The Arrowroot is 1/3 cup + 2 Tbls.
    Sorry Sarah for forgetting the word cup after the 1/3…..

    Reply
    • Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist

      May 22, 2011 at 11:53 am

      Thanks Dorsey. I’ve fixed it now.

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