This light and fluffy angel food cake recipe is grain and gluten-free, containing only whole food ingredients. Perfect for a birthday party or pot luck.
What child doesn’t love angel food cake? Light and fluffy with tongue tantalizing texture, angel food cake is an all-time favorite especially for little girl birthday parties!
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 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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Remove angel food cake from oven and invert to cool.
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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
- Gluten-free Carrot cake recipe
anonymous
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!
Rebecca in Abu Dhabi
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!
RR
Is there anything I can substitute for the arrowroot powder? It gives me migraines. Thank you.
Kelly @ The Nourishing Home
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. 🙂
Elisabeth Carrozza Wilkins via Facebook
I am confused as to how a cake can be considered better for a specific gender.
Jessie
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!
Dorsey Clark
My coconut sap sugar is granulated. You would not want to pack the cup.
Barb
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……
Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist
Date sugar is very similar to coconut sugar.
Lori Brock via Facebook
yum have to try it!
lydia
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!!
Get Real Chris
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!