Elegant Chocolate Angel Torte

Submitted by Crafty Lady 13

"Impress your company with this beautiful torte. Delicious chocolate angel food cake layered with a strawberry whipped cream mixture. Cooking time may vary depending on the angel food cake mix you have."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 16

ingredients

• 1⁄3 cup cocoa
• 1 (15 ounce) package two-step angel food cake mix
• 2 (1 1/3 ounce) envelopes dry whipped dessert topping mix
• 1 cup cold nonfat milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup strawberry puree
• strawberry (to garnish)

directions

1. To make strawberry puree, mash 2 cups sliced fresh strawberries (or frozen strawberries thawed) in blender or food processor. Cover, blend until smooth. Puree should measure 1 cup.
2. Move oven rack to lowest position.
3. Sift cocoa over contents of cake flour packet, stir to blend. Proceed with mixing cake as directed on package. Bake and cool as directed for 10-inch tube pan. Carefully run knife along side of pan to loosen cake; remove rom pan. Using a serrated knife, slice cake horizontally into four layers.
4. Prepare whipped toppying mix as directed on package, using 1 cup nonfat milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Blend in strawberry puree.
5. Place bottom cake layer on serving plate; spread with 1/4 of topping. Set next cake layer on top; spread with 1/4 of topping. Continue layering cake and topping. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Slice cake with sharp serrated knife, cutting with gentle sawing motions. Serve sliced cake with strawberry garnishes. Cover; refrigerate leftover cake.