Chocolate raspberry chiffon cake

by Sarah

in Cakes, Dairy-Free, Desserts

chocolate chiffon cakeAfter the last chiffon cake, I liked the light airy taste of chiffon cake so much I’m recreating the chiffon cake here in chocolate.  This chiffon cake is light and fluffy, with a sweet buttercream frosting to add sweetness to an otherwise not-too-sweet cake. To bake the cake, I used a 7.5 inch wide, about 4-5 inch deep springform pan. Since the recipe below is for a full 9 inch tube chiffon cake (hollow center), you will need much less if you also choose to use a smaller pan like I did. Using this recipe, I had enough batter to make one 7.5 inch cake x 4.5 inch cake and also 12 cupcakes. Just remember to bake the cake as well as cupcakes for less time if you don’t use a full sized chiffon pan (about 10 inches wide) – insert a toothpick into them and once it comes out clean, take them out of the oven to avoid hard cupcakes.

chocolate chiffon cake

My initial goal was to top this cake with raspberry macarons as well as raspberries. In preparation, I took a macaron class with my best friend, who happens to also be very skilled at making macarons herself. Unfortunately despite the macaron class, my macarons turned out really ugly when I made them at home – so unfortunate looking I will save those photos for my yearly end-of-year walk of shame post displaying all my cooking failures this year.

In an unrelated note, as medical school winds to an end for me my rotations are now a bit lighter than previously, which hopefully means more time experimenting with baked treats. The kitchen is also about to be packed up for a big move into a new apartment with the Spork soon, and I can not wait to see what apartment we find – I am keeping my fingers crossed for a kitchen with a window!

Happy Caking!

chocolate raspberry chiffon cake

Chocolate raspberry chiffon cake

Savoring Spoon
Course Dessert

Ingredients
  

chocolate sauce

  • 3/4 cup boiling water
  • 1/2 cup baking cocoa

Dry

  • 2 cups cake flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Yolk mixture

  • 7 egg yolks @ room temp
  • 1/2 cup canola oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon chocolate extract

Meringue mixture

  • 7 egg whites @ room temp
  • 1 teaspoon cream of tar tar
  • 3/4 cup sugar

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 325. Take out eggs and allow to come to room temp in a warm water bath for 30 min.
  • Shift dry ingredients together and set aside
  • Bring 3/4 cup water to a boil, mix in chocolate powder, and set aside to cool
  • Separate 7 eggs into yolk and whites in separate bowls * I recommend cracking egg whites in separate bowls so if you get a bit of yolk in the white, you only ruin 1 egg instead of the 6 you cracked together before it.
  • Make the yolk mixture, and mix well with a fork.
  • Whip the egg whites with a hand-held or stand mixer - when it starts getting foamy, add the cream of tartar. As the mixture gets thicker start adding the sugar 1/4 cup at a time, mixing in between. Mix until stiff peaks form (when you dip the whisk lightly into the mixture, then flip it back up, the egg white peaks do not curl over and stand up straight).
  • Mix the chocolate mixture into the yolk mixture. Then fold the flour mixture you sifted earlier in.
  • Fold egg whites in three segments into the yolk and flour mixture and mix with a spatula till just combined.
  • Pour into tube pan (or a springform pan that isn't a tube pan if you prefer to not have a hole in the middle of the cake) and bake for 50 min, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

 

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1 Bethany April 19, 2017 at 9:41 am

Such a perfectly pretty and delicious looking cake! Love the color and how it is decorated!

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2 Sarah April 20, 2017 at 1:59 pm

thank you!

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3 Natalie @ Obsessive Cooking Disorder March 31, 2017 at 12:26 pm

Loving this chiffon cake – they’re tricky to make so they stay fluffy (mine deflated badly)

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4 Sarah April 13, 2017 at 8:21 pm

thank you! I like chiffon too!

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5 Sonali- The Foodie Physician March 13, 2017 at 7:29 am

Sarah, this is another stunner! Seriously, just gorgeous! I hope you’re enjoying the end of your 4th year and good luck with the apartment search 🙂

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6 Sarah March 19, 2017 at 11:23 pm

Thank you!

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