What are Foam cakes?
The foam cake uses a type of process when air is beaten into egg whites without using the yolk of the egg, beating the egg whites is used as the leavening process some recipes may call for cream of tartar as a leavening agent. Cream of Tarter speeds up the whipping process of the egg whites and helps stabilize the structure of the air bubbles that you’re creating which would make the type of process a chemical process you do not have to use the cream of tarter which then would make the process a mechanical process. Foam cakes excludes the yolks and any fats when baking making the cake very light and fluffy to eat.
The mixing method
To mix foam cakes you use the Mixing foam cakes method
All foam cake recipes have basics steps but depending on the recipe you are using it may call for different items/steps
Recipe
Hazelnut and chocolate meringue cake
http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/hazelnut-and-chocolate-meringue-cake
Meringue is in the Foam Cake category because the cake is basically a beaten mixture of egg whites and sugar (may call for cream of tartar). There are two kinds of meringue; soft and hard. Soft meringue is made with only a small amount of sugar while hard meringue has a larger portion and is beaten until a still peak is formed
This video shows the process to making meringue cookies (similar to foam cakes), it also states not what to do like not adding grease to the pans and not to add fats into the mixture because if you do it would ruin the cake/cookies.
Credits:
Created with images by seelensturm - "angel food cake with strawberries" • Ruth and Dave - "Homemade meringues" • Helena Jacoba - "TJ's 75th birthday cake and party on the roof" • waitscm - "Sifting the flour" • rkit - "egg whites mixer bake" • Mel B. - "Sugar" • Didriks - "Colorful Spatulas"