Chocolate Angel Food Cake

Nana had lots and lots of great cake recipes.  I had many favorites among them.  She made wonderful angel food cakes, so for my birthday one year I ask if she could make a chocolate angel food cake; she could, she did, and this was the result.  You can decide if it is one of your favorites

 

¾ cup sifted cake flour

4 table spoons cocoa

¾ cup sugar, stir together, set aside

1 ½ cup (12) egg whites

1 ½ tsp cream of tartar

¼ tsp salt

1 ½ tsp vanilla

¾ cup sugar

Pre heat oven to 375

Beat egg whites cream of tartar, salt & vanilla till stiff enough to hold up in soft peaks but still moist/glassy – add remaining ¾ cup sugar 2 tablespoons at a time, beating after each addition, sift about ¼ of flour mixture over egg whites then fold in remaining flour mixture.  Bake in ungreased 10” angel food pan, at 375 degrees for 35 – 40 min, invert pan and cool.

 

This is one of those recipes that leaves you with a dozen egg yolks for making homemade noodles.  See recipe for noodles elsewhere in this blog.