http://www.cheerychocolate.com/chocolate/cake-recipe.html A chocolate cake recipe is usually very decadent--and fattening. (What?! We're just being honest!) On this page you'll find a healthy chocolate cake recipe. en-us Thu, 08 Dec 2005 18:17:27 EST Thu, 08 Dec 2005 18:17:27 EST Weblog Editor 2.0 I bet you came to this page expecting to find some deep, dark, rich chocolate cake recipe, right? Well, you're half right. There's a chocolate cake recipe here all right, but it's probably not the kind you're expecting to find. Chocolate Cake RULES! Chocolate cake is indisputably the best kind of cake you can find. But it's so rich that you have to save it for a special occasion (unless you're one of those people who doesn't ever gain weight and whose family has no history of high blood pressure or cholesterol). Well, the chocolate cake recipe we found is a little healthier. Depending on who you are or what your needs are, this is either good news or bad news. Check it out: Double Chocolate Angel Food Cake 12 large egg whites 3/4 cup cake flour 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon cream of tartar 1 1/4 cups superfine sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup cocoa powder 1/4 cup chocolate syrup 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. 2. Beat egg whites in a large bowl for a few minutes before adding the cream of tartar. Beat until egg whites stand in stiff peaks. 3. Combine the sugar and salt. Slowly add the sugar mixture to the beaten egg whites and add the vanilla. Continue beating until peaks are not only stiff but shiny. 4. Sift the flour and the cocoa powder together and fold into the mixture (try to deflate the egg whites as little as possible). 5. Spoon 1/3 of the mixture into an ungreased angel food cake pan. While doing this be sure there are no air bubbles and push the mixture into the sides around the tin. 6. When the pan is 1/3 full, drizzle the chocolate sauce over the surface. Using a spoon or spatula, plunge about 3 times into the batter for a marbled effect. 7. Add 1/3 more batter and repeat step, plunging in different areas than last time. 8. Add the remaining batter. (Keep in mind that the syrup will settle to the bottom of the tin during baking if you use too much or it is all in one area.) 9. Put in oven on a middle or lower rack (so it doesn't brown too quickly) and bake for 50 to 60 minutes. 10. Remove from the oven and turn upside down, using the small feet on the rim of the tin. (It is important to have the cake upside down, otherwise it will be heavy.) If your tin does not have feet, use a narrow-neck bottle to fit through the hole of the center of the pan. Let it stay until completely cooled. 11. Run a serrated knife around the inside and outside of the tin to loosen. Serve slices using a serrated knife in a sawing motion. Although this angel food cake recipe isn't as healthy as most angel food cake recipes, it is healthier than most chocolate cake recipes, so you could consider it to be a healthy chocolate cake recipe. (We found it in the 1st Traveler's Choice Internet Cookbook, by the way.) Cake Recipe Tips If you make cakes from a cake mix instead of using a chocolate cake recipe, you can doctor the cake mix up in a variety of ways to make it more your own. You could replace some of the wet ingredients with sour cream, or you could replace the oil with applesauce. For extra moisture, some people even add a box of instant chocolate pudding mix to the batter. Here's a recipe doing a couple of those things. (Yes, we fooled you. There actually is a decadent chocolate recipe here.) We found this recipe at www.allrecipes.com. Chocolate Lovers' Favorite Cake 1 (18.25 ounce) package devil's food cake mix 1 (3.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix 2 cups sour cream 1 cup melted butter 5 eggs 1 teaspoon almond extract 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips 1. Preheat oven to 350. 2. Grease a 10 inch Bundt pan. 3. In a large bowl, stir together cake mix and pudding mix. 3. Make a well in the center and pour in sour cream, melted butter, eggs and almond extract. 4. Beat on low speed until blended. Scrape bowl, and beat 4 minutes on medium speed. Blend in chocolate chips. Pour batter into prepared pan. 5. Bake for 50 to 55 minutes. 6. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely. Think one of these it the ultimate chocolate dessert recipe? You'll never know until you try them. Thu, 08 Dec 2005 18:17:27 EST