No-Cholesterol Chocolate Angel Food Cake
- 1 cup flour, all-purpose
- 13 cup cocoa powder
- 1 3/4 cups sugar granulated
- 1 3/4 cups egg whites
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 375F (190C).
- In a small bowl, combine flour and cocoa with 3/4 cup sugar.
- Mix well and set aside.
- Place egg whites in a large mixing bowl.
- Add salt and cream of tartar.
- Beat at high speed of an electric mixer until soft peaks form.
- Test by turning off machine and raising beater slowly.
- Gradually add the remaining sugar, 1/4 cup at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Continue beating until stiff peaks form when you remove the beaters.
- With a rubber spatula, gently fold in the vanilla.
- Then sprinkle a fourth of the flour mixture over the beaten egg whites.
- Using an under-and-over motion, gently fold in the flour with the spatula.
- Do 5 strokes, rotating the bowl as you fold in the flour.
- Repeat three more times, until the flour mixture is all used up.
- Then fold an additional 10 strokes.
- Flour mixture should be blended into the egg whites.
- Gently pour the batter into an ungreased 10-inch tube pan.
- Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
- Invert tube pan over the neck of a glass bottle.
- Keep the cake inverted until completely cool, at least two hours.
- With a sharp knife, carefully loosen cake from the pan.
- Serve plain or garnished with a fruit compote.
flour, cocoa powder, sugar, egg whites, salt, cream of tartar, vanilla
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/no-cholesterol-chocolate-angel--43689 (may not work)