Chocolate Angel Food Cake with Strawberries
- 2/3 cup cake flour
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 12 egg whites
- 1/2 cup sugar substitute for baking (recommended: Splenda)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 pint fresh strawberries, cleaned, hulled, and quartered
- 1 cup non-fat vanilla yogurt
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 8 mint sprigs, for garnish
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Sift the cake flour, cocoa powder, and salt together; set aside.
- In a clean bowl of an electric mixer, beat the egg whites at medium-high speed until foamy.
- Once foamy, add the sugar substitute, a little at a time, and continue beating on medium-high speed until the egg whites start to form soft peaks.
- When they have formed soft peaks, fold in the vanilla extract.
- Remove bowl from mixer and remove beater or whisk attachment.
- Gently fold the flour mixture into the egg white mixture, 2 tablespoons at a time, until well blended.
- Gently scoop batter into a 10-inch tube pan (angel food cake pan).
- Bake for 35 minutes or until firm to the touch.
- Remove from oven, invert, and let cool upside down in pan.
- While cake is cooling, in a small bowl, combine the strawberries, yogurt, and honey until well combined.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Once cake is cool, remove from pan and slice into 8 wedges.
- Divide strawberry mixture evenly among the 8 wedges.
- Garnish each wedge with a mint sprig.
cake flour, cocoa powder, salt, egg whites, sugar substitute for, vanilla, fresh strawberries, nonfat vanilla yogurt, honey, mint sprigs
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/chocolate-angel-food-cake-with-strawberries.html (may not work)