Chocolate Angel Food Cake with Fruit and Maple Yogurt
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 12 egg whites (or 1 1/2 cups prepackaged egg whites)
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 cups fresh strawberries
- 4 cups fresh raspberries
- 1/4 cup peach nectar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 cup plain lowfat yogurt
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- Transfer the oven rack to the lowest level.
- Preheat oven to 325F.
- Sift 1 cup sugar with flour, cocoa, and salt; set aside.
- Using an electric mixer set at medium-high speed, whip egg whites, lemon juice, and vanilla in a medium-sized bowl until peaks form.
- Set mixer to high speed and whip in remaining 1/2 cup sugar until semistiff peaks form (do not overbeat).
- With a plastic spatula, slowly fold in the remaining dry ingredients, 1/4 cup at a time, until flour mix disappears.
- Scoop batter into a 10" ungreased tube pan and spread evenly.
- Bake until cake springs back when touched, 45 to 55 minutes.
- Remove from oven, invert cake pan, and place upside down on a cooling rack.
- Thoroughly wash and dry berries.
- Combine berries, nectar, and honey in a small bowl.
- Mix slowly, being careful not to crush the berries.
- In a separate bowl, combine yogurt and syrup until blended.
- Remove cake gently from pan and cut into 8 slices.
- Serve each slice with fruit and a dollop of maple yogurt.
sugar, flour, cocoa, salt, egg whites, lemon juice, vanilla, fresh strawberries, fresh raspberries, honey, yogurt, maple syrup
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/chocolate-angel-food-cake-with-fruit-and-maple-yogurt-230816 (may not work)