DIY Strawberry Filled Angel Food Cake Recipe

I love Angel Food Cake.  My son loves it too but, he likes it plain.  No frosting, no whipped cream, no sauces, no fruit.  Just plain ole’ angel food cake.  While I can eat a plain piece of this cake, I most certainly love mine with frosting or whipped cream.  If it is a cream cheese frosting, that’s even better.  Another reason why I love this cake.

This Strawberry Filled Angel Food Cake was always a favorite when I was a kid. My mom would often make it for a Sunday dinner. Еspecially when she needed to bring a dessert that would impress the guests.

Starting with a light and fluffy angel food cake, you then scoop out the middle and fill it with strawberries and whipped cream. It may look and sound fancy, but it is oh-so-easy! Just keep reading and I’ll show you how. Once you start slicing this cake and serve it up, people will wonder how you made it. Oh, and did I mention the Cream Cheese Frosting? You either like cream cheese or you’re wrong. That’s all there is to it.

So from my mother’s recipe box to you, may I present my favorite Strawberry Filled Angel Food Cake. Let’s get baking!

Strawberry Filled Angel Food Cake Ingredients

Cake

• Granulated sugar/Powdered sugar
• Cake flour
• Salt
• Egg whites
• Cream of Tartar
• Vanilla extract
• Three cups quartered strawberries plus extra if you want to line the outside of your cake
• Two pints of whipped cream
• Angel food cubes after removing from the cake.

Frosting

• One 8 oz brick Philadelphia cream cheese
• One lb powdered sugar
• Two tablespoon vanilla
• Half cup butter (room temperature)
• Garnishment if desired. Sprinkle nonpareils, or chocolate curls. I found my red and white chocolate curls at a gourmet food store nearby.

Preparing The Angel Food Cake

Step 1: Preheat The  Oven

 Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. The right oven temperature ensures a high rising cake.

Once the cake is in the oven, the sugar interacts with the flour. If the oven temperature is too cool, the sugar will absorb liquid from the whites, turn syrupy, and weep out of the batter, pulling down the air cells and decreasing the cake’s volume.

On the other hand, if the oven is too hot, the cake’s outer structure will set before the cake can fully expand and bake through, making it dense and short.

Step 2: Sift The Flour

Sift the flour to break up any lumps in it. Add fine sugar to the flour and sift together.  This makes it lighter and easier to mix with other ingredients.

Sifting the flour helps promote consistency in recipe results by removing the larger particles that could potentially result in the densely textured baked cake.

Set the sifted flour aside.

Step 3: Whip The Cream Of Tartar And Egg In a Bowl

Place the egg and cream of tartar in a bowl. Whip continuously until small bubbles or foams are formed. This forms what is known as meringue.

Step 4: To The Bowl, Add Sugar, Vanilla, And Mix Together In A Food Processor

Add your granulated or fine sugar to the cream of tartar/egg mixture. Turn ON the electric mixer and leave for 5-10 minutes. Time varies depending on the quantity. Do this continuously until the mixture is stiff and dry.

Step 5: Sift Flour/Sugar Mixture Over The Bowl

Remove the bowl from the mixer and sift one-third of the flour/sugar mixture over the bowl. Add the vanilla and salt. Then, add the remaining flour/sugar mixture. Sift while adding to prevent lump formation. This mixture is the batter.

Step 6: Put The Batter In A Pan And Bake 

Pour the batter into the pan and bake. Bake for 40-45 minutes. Baking time varies. Bake it until the top becomes golden brown.

Step 7: Let The Cake Cool 

When it turns golden brown, remove it from the oven and allow it to cool down completely. This cooling process usually takes up to 2 hours. 

If the cake does not cool down, the structure does not set, and as a result, it could collapse.

Allowing it to cool upside down ensures it does not collapse. Many angel food cake pans come with feet around the edges for this very purpose. However, inverting the center ring onto the neck of a bottle will also work.

Preparing The Strawberry Filled Angel Food Cake 

Step 1: Cut The Top Off Of The Cake

Step 2: Cut A Hole Through The Cake

Step 6: Cut Your Strawberries

Step 7: Mix  The Cream To The Strawberries

Step 8: Add Removed Angel Cake To Above Mixture

Step 9: Put The Mixture In The Cake

Spoon the strawberry mixture into the inside of the angel food cake. Fill to the top and even mound the filling.

 

Step 10: Replace The Cake 

Best Angel Food Cake Fillings/Toppings

In addition to strawberry, you can also use other fillings for your angel food cake. Here are some of my top favorite angel food cake fillings.

• Blueberry 
• Lemon Pudding 
• Chocolate 
• Vanilla Berry
• Raspberry
• Pumpkin 
• Strawberry Basil 
• Lemon Berry 
• Almond Berry
• Strawberry Jello
• Pineapple Filled 
• Banana

There are other filling inspirations here that you can try out for yourself.

Tips To Makе The Perfect Angel Food Cake

When I made my first angel food cake, I made a few mistakes which resulted in my recipe failure. Here are some of the helpful tips I have collected over time. These would ensure you do not make these mistakes in your recipe.

1. Use An Ungreased Tube Pan

Ensure the pan used in baking the cake is ungreased. YES! that’s how t should be. The cake needs to stick to the sides of the pan as it rises, so greasing it would hurt the rise of your cake. 

If you have greased your pan, wash the grease off and clean it before use.

2. Use Cake Flour

If you wish to achieve a fine-crumbed, tender angel food cake, use cake flour. This is because it’s low in protein, there’s less gluten, which can toughen a cake.  You need a cake that can toughen easily.  And cake flour’s fine particles are especially easy to fold into the batter.

3. Sift The Flour/Sugar Mixture Several Times

The flour/sugar mixture should be sifted several times. This should not be done once or twice but several times from three to five times. This takes just a few minutes.

This ensures the flour is light and incorporates easily into whipped egg white.

4. Start Whipping With Low Speed 

When you add your egg white to a mixer bowl, whip them on a low speed until they start to get frothy. Increase the speed upon adding the vanilla extract and cream of tartar.

5. Turn Cake Upside Down

Once the cake is out of the oven, ensure it is placed in an upside-down position. This will allow the cake’s structure to be completely set until the cake has cooled. Left upright, it would quickly deflate and you won’t be able to cut a hole through.

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Strawberry Filled Angel Food Cake

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Ingredients

Cake

• 1 box Betty Crocker Angel Food Cake Mix
• 3 cups quartered strawberries plus extra if you want to line the outside of your cake
• 2 pints whipped cream
• 1 - 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• Angel Food cubes after removing from cake

Frosting

• 1 8 oz brick Philadelphia cream cheese
• 1 lb powdered sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 cup butter room temp
• Garnishment if desired. Sprinkles non-pareils, or chocolate curls. I found my red and white chocolate curls at a gourmet food store nearby.

Instructions

Cake

• Prepare and bake Angel Food Cake per the instructions on the box.
• When cool, cut the top off of the cake. Use a long, serrated knife and keep it as level as possible while cutting. Cut about 3/4 to 1 inch down from the top of the cake. Remove top of cake.
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• After the top has been removed, cut along the inside of the cake near the center hole. Use a shorter serrated knife and cut around the entire circle.
• Then cut around the outside edge of the cake. I usually cut about 1/2 - 3/4 inches away from the edge.
• Slightly remove the inside of the angel food making sure you leave some cake at the bottom. Reserve what you remove to add to the filling.
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• With a beater, whip your whipped cream and add the desired amount of powdered sugar to taste.
• Cut your strawberries into quarters (3 cups)
• Combine 1 to 2 cups of whipped cream to the strawberries and mix.
• Cut the angel food cake that you removed from the cake into cubes and add to the strawberries and whipped cream.
• Spoon the strawberry mixture into the inside of the angel food cake. Fill to the top and even mound the filling.
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• Replace the top of the cake.

Frosting

• Blend all ingredients until well incorporated and there are no lumps.
• With an offset spatula, frost the angel food cake.
• If the frosting is too stiff, you can add a little bit of whipped cream if you have any left over from the strawberry mixture.
• Garnish with cut strawberries at the base if desired.
• Garnish with a topping if desired. Sprinkles, non-pareils or chocolate curls. I found my red and white chocolate curls at a gourmet food store nearby.
• Keep refrigerated.
• When serving, use a long serrated knife to slice the cake.

Well, there ya have it. This is a favorite of mine and I hope that it becomes a favorite of yours too!

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