Flo Braker

Chocolate Angel Food Sheet

Preparation info

  • Makes

    one

    12-x-15-x-½ inch chocolate angel food sheet

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in

top 1000The Simple Art of Perfect Baking

The Simple Art of Perfect Baking

By Flo Braker

Published 1984

  • About

This thin, pliable layer of cake uses a mixture of chocolate and water instead of cocoa powder to flavor the batter to create a moist flavorful cake.

This is the foundation for Chocolate Angel Food Roll.

Ingredients

  • ⅔ cup (5 large) egg whites
  • 2 tablespoons unsifted cake flour

Method

Ingredient Preparations

Place the fresh, cold egg whites in the bowl of a heavy-duty mixer. Set aside until 60 degrees, slightly below room temperature.

Pour the flour into a triple sifter and sift it onto a sheet of waxed paper to remove any lumps.

Measure the granulated sugar; set aside.

Cut the chocolate into matchstick-size pieces and place them in a