Chocolate Angel Food Cake

Name: Chocolate Angel Food Cake
Yield: Makes one 10-x-2-inch cake
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon vanilla; ½ cup (100 grams) granulated sugar; ¼ cup (25 grams) sifted cake flour; 1 cup (7 or 8 large) egg whites; ¼ teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoons (25 grams) plus ½ cup (100 grams) granulated sugar; ½ cup (50 grams) unsifted cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon cream of tartar

Preparation info

Makes
one
10-x-2 inch cake

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Simple Art of Perfect Baking

By Flo Braker

Published 1984

About

This is an exceptional angel food cake, not only because of its undeniably chocolate flavor but because of its surprising moistness. It’s delicious served on its own.

This is the foundation for Cinderella Cake.

Ingredients

1 cup (7 or 8 large) egg whites
½ cup (50 grams)

Cake
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Make the cake by following each step for Classic Angel Food Cake, with the following differences:

Ingredient Preparations

Pour the cocoa, flour, ½ cup sugar and salt in that order into a triple sifter. Sift onto a she