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Chocolate Angel Food Cake

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Do you love Angel Food Cake? Come to the dark side and give this simple and delicious Chocolate Angel Food Cake a try!

Ingredients

  • 1-¼ cup Confectioners Sugar
  • 1-¼ cup Cake Flour
  • ¼ cups Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
  • 2 cups Egg Whites
  • ¼ teaspoons Salt
  • 1-¼ teaspoon Cream Of Tartar
  • 1-¼ cup Granulated Sugar
  • 1-¼ teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (165 degrees C).

In a medium bowl, mix confectioners’ sugar, cake flour, and cocoa. Sift together 2 times, and set aside.

In a clean large bowl, whip egg whites, salt, and cream of tartar with an electric mixer on high speed until very stiff. Fold in white sugar 2 tablespoons at a time while continuing to mix. Fold in flour mixture, a little at a time, until fully incorporated. Stir in vanilla. Pour into a 10 inch tube pan.

Bake at 350 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 45 minutes to an hour, or until cake springs back when touched. (Cake top will be dry and cracked when done). Enjoy!

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everydayisgourmet on 6.2.2010

Oh man, this sounds incredible! I want this cake now ; ))) Wondering if there is something I can substitute for the cream of tartar? One of the things I can’t get here… or how would the cake turn out if it’s excluded?

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terrilw on 5.5.2017

First time I’ve ever made an angel food cake from scratch. It was really easy. And it tasted great!

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astrid on 1.31.2015

Excellent!! And that was despite me reading “2 egg whites” instead of “2 CUPS egg whites”! So even adding 1.5c of egg whites (whipped) after mixing everything else together (and wondering why the heck it was so dry), it still turned out wonderfully.

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food4friends on 2.28.2014

Followed the recipe exactly – and it turned out perfectly! Moist and light. Toasted some this morning for breakfast, with a little peanut butter on top. A great way to start a Friday.

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everydayisgourmet on 6.4.2010

I fell in love with this cake at first sight! I did make a few substitutions (out of necessity, I would have rather made it just as written) I made homemade powdered sugar, I used lemon juice instead of cream of tartar to stabilize the egg whites, and also made substitute cake flour. After all that, it still turned out wonderful! Obviously the texture may have come out slightly different, but the cake was light, had a wonderful crumb, and was simply delicious!

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