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278 C H O C O L A T E A N G E L F O O D A N D C H I F F O N C A K E S
CHOCOLATE COFFEE E
CHOCOLATE COFFE
ANGEL FOOD CAKE E
ANGEL FOOD CAK
ita Bagby, of Russiaville, chocolate-covered coffee beans, if
Indiana, jokingly says, you can get hold of some.
“When I’m not watching the
SERVES: 16
corn grow, I bake!” This good Mid-
PREPARATION TIME: 8 MINUTES
western cook sent me one of her BAKING TIME: 38 TO 42 MINUTES
favorite recipes, a coffee angel food ASSEMBLY TIME: 5 MINUTES
cake with a coffee buttercream
2 teaspoons instant coffee granules
frosting— 1 ⁄4 cups hot water
1
delicious. I 1 package (16 ounces) angel food
cake mix
decided to
2 tablespoons Dutch-process unsweetened
cre ate a
cocoa powder
mocha varia- 1 ⁄4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
tion by adding some cocoa and a 1 ⁄2 cup sliced almonds
Coffee Buttercream Frosting (page 416)
pinch of cinnamon—also delicious!
The toasted almond slices are pretty 1. Place a rack one position lower than
center in the oven, and preheat the oven
scattered on top of the cake; you
to 350°F. Set aside an ungreased 10-inch
might save a handful to press into a tube pan.
single row around the bottom of the 2. Stir the instant coffee granules into
the hot water in a glass measuring cup
cake, too. And for a truly festive
until the coffee has dissolved. Place the
touch, surround the cake with cake mix, coffee mixture, cocoa powder,
