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Cream of tartar is not optional no matter what your grandma says
My mom tried to skip it in her angel food cake last Sunday and we ended up with a 2 inch tall dense pancake instead of a fluffy cloud. Has anyone else had relatives insist it's a waste of money only to get wrecked by flat meringue?
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johnson.faith21d ago
Whoa wait, your mom actually tried making angel food cake without cream of tartar?! That's just asking for trouble! I mean, I knew some grandmas thought it was just some fancy extra, but that's like trying to bake bread without yeast and hoping it still rises. The science behind meringue is super picky - the cream of tartar is what stabilizes those egg whites so they don't just collapse into a sad puddle in the oven. Your poor mom must have been so disappointed pulling that pancake out after all that work whipping eggs. I've seen people try to sub in lemon juice or vinegar, but honestly nothing works as well as the real stuff for a tall fluffy cake.
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eva_adams6821d ago
Honestly that's just how it goes when people think they know better than science.
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