Baking in a silicone pan makes it easier to take the cake out of it.
You turn an Angel Food cake upside down to cool. It should be taller than the sides of the pan and the legs support it and give the heat and moisture a way to escape.
An angel food pan. Bundt pans are not recommended because the cake will not turn out right.
Yes, although Angel Food Cakes are typically baked in a bunt cake pan, you can bake an angel food cake in a regular cake pan. Angel food cake is the type of sponge cake, not the form it is baked in. Try using a couple of loaf pans to make your angel food cakes. I've not only done this, but have also seen this form sold at some bakeries. It may take a few more minute of baking time due to the fact that a bunt cake pan is designed round with a hollow center and heat passes through baking from inside out, but it is still possible to do so. Test the doneness of the cake as you would any other form of angel food or sponge cake.
Don not put anything on the sides of the pan. The Angel food cake rises by "creeping" up the pan as it bakes. Also, cool the cake upside-down by placing the whole in the tube pan an a soy sauce or similar bottle. When the cake is COMPLETELY cool, remove it form the pan by running a sharp knife along all edges.
A chiffon cake might not rise properly if baked in a regular pan instead of in a tube pan. The tube pan (angel food) allows the cake to bake from the center as well as from the sides. A make-shift tube pan can be created by placing an oven-proof glass in the center of a regular pan. However the regular pan needs to be 3" - 4" deep to contain the volume of the chiffon cake as it rises.
Depending on the recipe and the volume of batter, one could use a tube pan (angel food cake pan) or bake the cake in two loaf pans.
Line the pan with parchment paper to keep it from leaking; don't grease it, though, or your cake will deflate.
Angel food cake, or Angel cake, is a type of sponge cake originally from North America that first became popular in the U.S. in the late 19th century. It is named because of its airy lightness that was said to be the "food of the angels." Angel cake in the UK should not be confused with Angel food cake. Angel cake in the UK consists of three rectangular layers of sponge, coloured white, pink and yellow (not necessarily in that order). The layers are generally separated by a thin layer of white cream. Angel food cake is usually baked in a tube pan, a tall, round pan with a tube up the center that leaves a hole in the middle of the cake. A "bundt pan" may also be used, but the fluted sides can make releasing the cake more difficult.Wikipedia
Yes, it's the best way to cool it enough to remove from the pan.
It depends on the type of cake. The type of cake most people think of as cake, made with butter or shortening and with some air beaten in, will work ok, but watch the temperature and cooking times to make sure the cake is evenly baked and not overcooked. If it's the sort made with a lot of egg whites (like angel food), probably not.
You are supposed to cool the cake upside down. The prongs hold the cake off of the counter so that air can circulate around it.