Paul Newman's Chocolate - Orange Angel Food Cake
photo by moxie
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
1 cake
ingredients
- 113.39 g orange-flavored dark chocolate
- 12 large egg whites
- 236.59 ml all-purpose flour
- 295.73 ml sugar, divided
- 2.46 ml salt
- 14.79 ml lemon juice
- 14.78 ml vanilla extract
- 14.79 ml orange rind, grated or freshly chopped
directions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Make sure a 10" x 4" tube pan is clean, dry and free of grease.
- Grate the chocolate bars on the fine holes of a cheese grater, NOT a teeny-holed citrus grater.
- (Make sure you do find orange-flavored dark chocolate-- it is not very difficult to find, and absolutely essential to the recipe).
- Separate the eggs, and let the egg whites come to room temperature; about 15 minutes.
- Sift 1 cup of flour, 1/4 cup of the sugar, and the salt onto a piece of waxed paper.
- Sift them together a total of three times.
- Beat the egg whites until frothy.
- Add the lemon juice and continue beating.
- Sprinkle the remaining cup of sugar, 1/4 cup at a time, over the egg whites and continue beating at medium speed until the egg whites are glossy and form soft peaks that bend over at the top.
- Do not overheat, or the egg whites will lose their volume.
- Sift 1/4 cup of the dry ingredients over the egg whites and fold.
- Gently stir in the vanilla extract and orange rind.
- Alternately fold in the chocolate and remaining dry ingredients, working in small batches, until just incorporated.
- Pour the batter into the tube pan and bake for 45 minutes, until the top is lightly browned.
- A knife inserted in the center of the cake should come out clean.
- Remove from the oven and invert the pan.
- Allow the cake to cool for 30 to 45 minutes.
- Run a knife around the edges of the pan and tube to loosen the cake.
- You can serve this as is, or with a little whipped cream, or ice cream-- whatever your heart desires.
- Enjoy!
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Reviews
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This is an amazing cake -- so light, and still such intense flavors. I looked and looked, but could not find a plain orange-flavored chocolate, so I used a Lindt dark chocolate bar called "Intense Orange" that also had ground almonds in it. I do want to caution to watch the cake carefully -- mine was browned in 35 minutes and passed the "knife test," so I took it out. It had a lovely texture, and was a huge hit at the party I brought it to. Thank you for posting the recipe.
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Pianolady
United States