pretty, but I can't get past all the food coloring.eek.

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I see that this beautiful cake has been shared before,just goes to show all the good things are not missed on here.Wonderful website.

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Hello, Rose,

A few months after I met the man who is now my husband, he bought me a cookbook that had just come out, called The Cake Bible. Alas, two years ago, I was diagnosed with celiac disease and am now painstakingly adjusting my favorite recipes. Here's one of those adjustments. I fed this to guests over the weekend and everyone loved it.

CHOCOLATE CHIFFON CAKE
(adapted from Rose Levy Berenbaum’s The Cake Bible, with decades of thanks)

Preheat oven to 300 degrees convection bake (or 325 degrees regular).

Mix together in a two-cup glass measuring cup and let cool:
½ cup (50 g.) Dutch processed cocoa
¾ c. boiling water

Measure and divide:
1 ¾ cups (12.25 oz.) sugar, into 1 5/8 cup and 2 tablespoons

Mix together in a Kitchen-Aid bowl:
1 ¾ cups (6 oz.) sifted Jules’ Gluten-Free All-Purpose Flour (https://www.julesglutenfree.com/)
The 1 5/8 cups sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt

Add to cooled chocolate mixture and mix for one minute:
2 tbsp. walnut oil
6 tbsp. safflower oil
6 egg yolks (3.5 liquid ounces)
2 tsp. vanilla
¼ tsp. chocolate extract (optional)

Beat until frothy in a Kitchen-Aid steel or copper bowl:
10 egg whites (1 ¼ liquid cups), at room temperature

Add to egg whites:
1 ¼ tsp. cream of tartar, when whites are frothy
The 2 tbsp. sugar, when whites form soft peaks

Fold 1 heaping cup of egg whites into the chocolate mixture, using a large whisk or angel food folder. Gently fold in the remaining whites until just blended. Pour batter into tube pan and bake 45-60 minutes.

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Hi - I tried this - the technique works perfectly. However, I found the taste and crumb of this recipe lacking. Is there a recipe from either of the Rose books that would work instead? Thanks!

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There's information about zebra cakes in Kates post and which batters work, Patrincia.

I'm going to try this beautiful cake for my own daughters birthday in July! She'll adore it! Thanks for the link, Rose.

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My little one would love that!

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I've seen this done with chocolate and vanilla batter too... called zebra cake. I suppose any color would work.

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Rose, thanks for pointing us in Kate's direction, what a wonderful cake for girls!

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What a lovely idea.I wish I had known about it when my two girls were younger. They would have loved it.

Janina

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