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The tradition is that she always makes a mistake and that the cake is never perfect. Though she always messes up, it always tastes good and this is a great recipe. You'll need a 9-inch angel food cake pan for this cake. ingredients 8 eggs, separated 1 teaspoon cream of tartar 1 1/3 cups sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup orange juice 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sifted cake flour 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon almond extract 1 can mandarin orange slices, drained 1 quart fresh berries, sliced Orange Filling 3/4 cup sugar 1 egg 2 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour Juice and grated zest of 1 orange 2 cups heavy cream Topping Unsalted butter, for greasing the foil 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup sliced almonds preparation 1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. 2. In a standing electric mixer, use the whisk attachment to whip the egg whites with the cream of tartar. When they start to double in size, slowly add in 2/3 cup of the sugar. Whip until you hav

    The Badwater Ultra marathon  describes itself as  "the world's toughest foot race".  It is a 135-mile course starting at 282 feet below sea level in the Badwater Basin, in California's Death Valley, and ending at an elevation of 8360 feet at Whitney Portal, the trail head to Mount Whitney. It takes place annually in mid-July, when the weather conditions are most extreme and temperatures over 120 °F, even in the shade, are not uncommon. Consequently, very few people—even among ultramarathoners—are capable of finishing this grueling race. Course     Originally, the run was conceived as being between the lowest and the highest points in the contiguous United States: Badwater, Death Valley (−282 ft) and Mt. Whitney's summit (14,505 ft). The two are only eighty miles apart on the map, but the land route between the two points is substantially longer, 146 miles, because of detours around lakebeds and over mountain ranges. Additionally, since the fin