Dessert for 14
Chocolate Angel Food Cake
$3.29for 4125 minServes 14
This light cocoa cake bakes in a tube pan, cools upside down, and gets topped with chocolate whipped cream.
Photo: cookingclassy.com
What it costs
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| Ingredient | Amount | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Eggs$0.30 each typical | 12 | $3.60Typical price |
 | Chocolate chips and baking chocolate$0.45/oz typical | 2 oz | $0.90Typical price |
 | Heavy cream$0.22/oz typical | 17 oz | $3.65Typical price |
 | Berries$0.40/oz typical | 0.5 oz | $0.20Typical price |
| Total for the servings shown | $11.53 | ||
Pantry staples you likely have
Sugar and brown sugarFlourCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoaSyrups, molasses, powdered sugar
Not included in the cost.
Swaps
- Swap Heavy cream for Evaporated or condensed milkabout $0.08/oz less at typical prices
- 125 minstart to table
- Involveddifficulty
- 14servings as written
- $typical cost tier
AmericanVegetarianBudgetDesserts
Typical price
$0.82 per serving$3.29 for 4
Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup cake flour
- 1/4 cup dutch process cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 12 large egg whites
- 3 tbsp water
- 1 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 oz dark chocolate
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup dutch process cocoa powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- raspberries (optional)
Steps
- Heat the oven to 325 F and place a rack in the lower middle position.
- Whisk the flour, cocoa powder, salt, and half the granulated sugar in a bowl.
- Beat the egg whites, water, cream of tartar, and vanilla in a large bowl until foamy, then slowly beat in the remaining sugar until stiff peaks form.
- Fold the dry mixture into the egg whites in three additions, spread the batter in an ungreased 10-inch tube pan, and bake for 45 to 50 minutes.
- Invert the pan onto its legs or a bottle and cool the cake completely for 60 minutes before removing it.
- Melt the dark chocolate, cool it slightly, then whip the heavy cream, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and vanilla before spreading the cream over the cake and drizzling on the chocolate.
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