Chocolate Angel Food Cake
Recipe: #1909
November 02, 2011
Categories: Desserts, Cakes, Tube/Bundt, Birthday, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Oven Bake Chocolate, more
"This is a delicious angel food cake with a delicate chocolate flavor. It can be served either plain or with a dollop of whipped cream. It can also be dressed up with a delectable rich chocolate Ganache icing."
Original is 12 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (41.7 g)
- Calories 160.3
- Total Fat - 1.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.7 g
- Cholesterol - 0.1 mg
- Sodium - 49.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 36.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.3 g
- Sugars - 29.2 g
- Protein - 1.5 g
- Calcium - 5 mg
- Iron - 0.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Heat oven to 375 degrees.
Step 2
Sift together the flour, cocoa, and 3/4 cups plus 2 Tablespoons of sugar 3 times; set aside.
Step 3
In a large mixer bowl, beat egg whites and salt until foamy on medium speed.
Step 4
Sprinkle in the cream of tartar and the vanilla and almond extract.
Step 5
Continue to beat until egg whites are stiff and stand in peaks; about 2-3 minutes
Step 6
Add the second amount of sugar of sugar, 2 Tablespoons at a time. Beating only until sugar is blended, about a minute.
Step 7
Sprinkle flour mixture, ¼ cup at a time over the beaten egg whites, folding it in gently with a spatuala,just until flour mixture disappears.
Step 8
Gently add the batter into an ungreased 10 inch tube pan.
Step 9
With a knife, gently cut through the batter 2 or 3 times in a circular motion.
Step 10
Bake 30-35 minutes.
Step 11
Turn oven off and leave in oven for 5 minutes more.
Step 12
Remove and invert tube pan on a long neck glass bottle like a coke or beer bottle.
Step 13
Let cake hang until it is completely cooled.
Step 14
When cooled, if necessary, carefully take a sharp knife and loosen the cake from around the pan to remove it.
Step 15
Place angel food cake topside down on a cake stand or a plate.
Step 16
Serve it plain, or topped with whipped cream. Or,ice the cake with Chocolate Ganache, which is my favorite.
Step 17
To serve pretty cake slices, use a very sharp knife when cutting the cake.
Tips
No special items needed.
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