Chocolate Angel Food Cake

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This cake is light and delicate. Chocolate enhances but doesnt' overpower the gentle sweetness of the cake. Feel free to serve this with berries for a light summer dessert, or dress it up with whipped cream and shavings of dark chocolate. One of the newer, smooth sided cake tins will give you a shiny, lovely surface texture.


1 1/4 cups egg whites


1/4 teaspoon salt


1 teaspoon cream of tartar


3/4 cup granulated sugar


1 teaspoon vanilla extract


3/4 cup Better Batter Gluten Free Flour


1/2 cup granulated sugar


5 tablespoons cocoa


 


Instructions:


Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Beat egg whites on low speed until foamy; adding salt and cream of tartar after about a minute.


Raise the speed of your mixer to medium and beat the whites until they form soft, glossy peaks.


Gradually beat in 3/4 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, waiting about 15 seconds between additinos. Add vanilla and turn off the mixer.


Whisk together flour with 1/2 cup sugar and the cocoa. Sift gently over the egg whites.


Fold the flour into the egg mixture.


Bake in an ungreased 10-inch tube pan at 325° for 1 hour.


 


If using a newer smooth-sided pan, allow to cool completely right side up for at least 3 hours. If using an old fashioned aluminum or steel angel food pan, allow to cool upside down for 3 hours. Invert and place on a platter for serving. 


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