Chocolate Pumpkin Spice Angel Food Cake Recipe
Moist airy cocoa goodness with enticing aroma and flavor of pumpkin spice.
Ingredients
- 1 cup bleached cake flour (brand Softasilk)
- 2 teaspoons cocoa powder (Hershey)
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin spice powder
- ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
- 12 large egg whites, room temperature
- 1 ½ teaspoons cream of tartar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Topping
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin spice
Instructions
- Position rack in over to middle of the oven. Preheat oven to 325°F. Do not spray or butter pan, just set it aside.
- Separate while cold, the egg yolk and white in a separate bowl. Allow cold egg whites to reach room temperature (68-77 degrees Fahrenheit).
- Next add cake flour, cocoa powder, pumpkin spice powder, salt and ½ cup sugar into medium-sized bowl. Mix to fully incorporated then set aside.
- Utilize hand mixer or stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment. Add to mixing bowl egg whites and cream of tartar. Whip on low speed for 30 seconds, then add vanilla extract.
- Continue to whip on low speed for 1 minute. Then slowly start adding reserved 1 cup of sugar increasing to high speed for 4 minutes.
- As not to lose air, gently sift and fold 1/3 of the cake flour mixture into the egg white mix, using a rubber or silicone spatula, fully incorporating. Then add by sifting and gently folding in another 1/2 of remaining cake flour mix until fully incorporated. Lightly sift and gently fold the remaining mixture into egg whites until fully incorporated.
- Pour batter into pan then place in pre-heated oven. Bake for approximately 45minutes. Take the cake out of the oven. The cake will spring bake to touch when done. The cake will spring bake to touch when done or insert a toothpick in the center which must come out batter free.
- Be careful and invert (flip) cake, allowing it to cool completely while still upside down in tube pan before removing. When ready to remove run a plastic knife or small thin, long cake spatula along the edges of the cake to loosen. Place onto a plate while still inverted.
- Dust with spiced powdered sugar or eat it just as it is, keeping it simple. Enjoy!!!
