Angel Food Cake with Tropical Fruit Compote
- Preparing Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Served Person: 8
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 cup cake flour
- pinch salt
- 1 orange zested
- 1 cup halved red seedless grapes
- 1 slices
- 1 lemon zested
- 12 large egg whites (egg whites from large eggs no yolks in the whites!)
- 2 ripe mangoes, 1 peeled and coarsely chopped and 1
- 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice divided
- 2 teaspoons sugar if needed
- 1 1/2 cups fresh pineapple, peeled, cored and cut into 1/2-i
- 2 kiwis, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch dice
- 2 tablespoons chiffonade of mint for garnish
- special equipment: angel food cake pan
- Carbohydrate 56.8713375 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Fat 0.66797 g
- Fiber 2.27850751487426 g
- Protein 5.5838575 g
- Saturated Fat 0.101500625 g
- Serving Size 1 1 serving (159g)
- Sodium 7288.86959505163 mg
- Sugar 54.5928299851257 g
- Trans Fat 0.240213875 g
- Calories 255 calories
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