Red Velvet Angel Food Cake

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  • Number of Servings: 12
Ingredients
1/3 cup cocoa1/4 cup hot water1 tbsp vanilla extract 2 tbsp red food colouring1 cup (190g) Just Like Sugar 1/2 cup cake flour 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour1/2 tsp salt 3/4 cup superfine (fruit) sugar2 cups (approx 16) egg whites 2 tsp vinegar
Directions
Preheat oven to 350ºF.
In a medium bowl, combine cocoa, water, vanilla and food colouring until well blended. Set aside.
In another medium bowl, whisk together Just Like Sugar, flours and salt. Set aside.
In a large bowl, beat egg whites until foamy.
Add vinegar and continue beating, streaming in sugar.
Increase to high speed and beat until stiff peaks form.
Scoop out about 1 cup of the beaten whites and quickly (but gently!) fold them into the cocoa mixture.
Quickly (and gently) fold the flour mixture into the remaining egg whites, ensuring no streaks of flour remain.
Fold in the cocoa mixture.
Gently scrape the batter into an UNGREASED 10" tube pan, smoothing the top.
Bake 40-45 minutes, until tests done.
Invert onto a bottle (or the pan's feet if it has them) and cool completely.

Number of Servings: 12

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.

Servings Per Recipe: 12
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 111.6
  • Total Fat: 0.5 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 67.7 mg
  • Total Carbs: 37.1 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 16.7 g
  • Protein: 5.9 g

Member Reviews
  • CPOKEYRUN
    I made this from the WW recipe as-is, and it was great! I plan to try it again using Splenda to reduce the calories. - 4/4/10