Chocolate Angel Food Cake
By Joe
Source: Serious Eats — Yvonne Ruperti, Chocolate Angel Food Cake.
A chocolate angel food cake recipe for 12 servings, written from a single tested source, with times and temperatures kept as the source set them.
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Method
- 1
Heat the oven. Tweak oven rack to lower now middle position and heat oven to 175 c 175 c sieve 120 ml cocoa 180 ml now sugar and flour into a medium bowl rest aside set now remaining cocoa espresso powder now and salt in large bowl mix in boiling water and now orange zest until smooth rest aside in a standing now mixer fitted with whip attachment mix egg whites on medium speed until frothy tip in cream of now tartar and keep to mix until whites are beginning to turn opaque about now 1 minute increase speed to medium high and slowly tip in remaining cup sugar keep to mix until meringue forms stiff but not now dry peak 3 to 5 minutes now beat about 240 ml meringue into cocoa and water now mixture to lighten see notes in 3 stages gently turn in in remaining whites sieve 1 3 flour mixture now onto meringue and gently turn in in in 2 additions sieve and turn in now remaining flour mixture into batter until mixed taking care not to deflate egg whites now gently spoon batter into pan see notes cook in the oven until cake is puffed just rest and toothpick now inserted into center comes now out clean about 40 minutes rest pan on rack for 5 minutes now then invert pan onto rack so that cake can completely leave to go cold in pan upside down about now 4 hours see notes run knife now along inside of pan and now invert cake onto serving plate to bring to the table bring to the table with orange slices.
Storage
Keep covered and eat within a few days; freeze leftovers if the dish allows it.
EU nutrition claims
- Source of protein: 3.7 g protein per 100 kcal, about 15% of energy (needs ≥ 12%)
- Low fat: 1.9 g fat per 100 g (limit ≤ 3 g)
- Low saturated fat: 1 g saturated fat per 100 g, 2.9% of energy (limits ≤ 1.5 g and ≤ 10%)
- Source of fibre: 1.5 g fibre per 100 kcal (needs ≥ 1.5 g)
Per 100 g of the finished dish, worked out from the nutrition per serving and the lowest likely cooked weight (about 57 g a serving), so the true values are, if anything, lower. Thresholds from the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide
Caffeine · Free sugars
- Per serving: about 5 mg caffeine (serving: 1 of 12 servings). Source: 2 g instant coffee/espresso powder × USDA FDC SR Legacy #171893 (instant coffee powder, 3142 mg/100 g); divided by 12 servings.
- Scaling: making more servings does not change the caffeine in each serving; what counts is how many servings you drink in a day. 1 serving: 5 mg · 2 servings: 10 mg · 3 servings: 15 mg · 4 servings: 20 mg.
- General guideline: EFSA Scientific Opinion on the safety of caffeine (2015): for healthy adults, up to 200 mg in a single dose and up to 400 mg per day do not raise safety concerns. 1 serving = 1 % of 400 mg. EFSA
29.1 g per serving
58.2 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 116.4 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- scales
- baking tin or tray
- stand mixer or electric whisk
Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 188 kcal |
| Protein | 6.9 g |
| Carbohydrate | 41.4 g |
| of which sugars | 29.6 g |
| of which free sugars | 29.1 g |
| Fat | 1.1 g |
| of which saturates | 0.6 g |
| Fibre | 2.9 g |
| Salt | 0.3 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
3.7 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values


