Anxiety-Free Angel Food Cake
- 1 12-ounce bag frozen raspberries, or 2 cups fresh raspberries, pureed and strained
- 1 1-pound bag frozen mango chunks, or 2 large, peeled and pitted mangoes, pureed
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 6 ounces semisweet chocolate
- 1 9- or 10-inch angel food cake (purchased from a bakery or supermarket)
- 1 1/2 cups fresh pineapple chunks
- Lightly sweetened whipped cream (canned or homemade)
- 1 cup all-natural jelly beans
- Vanilla bean ice cream
- Combine the raspberry and mango purees, and mix well.
- Using a double-boiler or microwave oven, melt together the butter and chocolate.
- Mix well and transfer to a serving dish.
- Place the cake on a platter and fill the center hole with pineapple chunks.
- Drizzle some of the fruit puree over the cake and place the rest in a bowl to serve separately.
- Squirt or spoon puffs of whipped cream on top of the cake.
- Sprinkle jelly beans on and around the cake.
- To serve, place a slice of cake and some pineapple on a plate and garnish with a scoop or two of ice cream.
- Pass chocolate sauce and fruit puree separately.
frozen raspberries, mango, unsalted butter, chocolate, cake, pineapple, whipped cream, allnatural jelly beans, vanilla bean ice cream
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/10810 (may not work)