Chocolate angel food cake with cocoa powder is good and only requires 3 ingredients to make! Our favorite fat free chocolate cake recipe that's fluffy and light. If you love cake mix recipes where you can transform it into something totally different this is a winner.

We can't even explain how good this fat free chocolate angel food cake with cocoa is!! Ok so we are bias, angel food is our favorite dessert ever and it reminds us of our childhood every time we make it. BUT adding chocolate takes it from good to good with one added ingredient.

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Not only does it taste SO good, but it turns out pretty too with a dust of powdered sugar on top, we don't think you need to serve it with anything else. It's plenty sweet enough.

This classic cake is something that reminds us of our childhood. We had it regular without the added cocoa but still comes out as light and fluffy. Paired with fresh fruit during the summertime it always impresses guests even though it isn't hard to create. one of many angel food cake mix recipes We share on our site.

If you wanted smaller versions you should follow our Instant Pot angel food cake. This will make two since the pan is much smaller. Yep, all you need is what you see above…and some water…. Let us show you the basic steps to making this fat free chocolate cake below.

How to make Angel Food Cake Chocolate

Dump the 2 powders in a bowl, if the egg whites are in a separate pouch
Use an electric mixer to blend the water in until light, fluffy and incorporated well
Incorporate cocoa chocolate flavor in with a spatula gently
Preheat oven
Pour it into an angel food cake pan
Bake on lowest oven rack
Flip over until cool
Loosen from the sides of your tube pan with a knife all the way around
Remove pan and allow to cool to room temperature before slicing
Once it has cooled completely serve with whipped cream and/or sprinkle of confectioners sugar on top of each piece

Those are the basics but of course we have more precise explanations below in the printable card. Remember that you never want to grease the inside of the pan. Usually almost all of the time when baking you will but not with this style of cotton candy style cake in a tube pan.

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If you have never made this type of dessert, such as cakes made with angel food cake mix, and are wondering what can we make with angel food cake mixit is different, and you have to be more careful with it. Do NOT open the door midway or it will fall, and there is no recovering from that. Another difference is that you cannot grease the inside of the pan. The reason is that it needs to grab on and rise this way.

Ingredients

Angel food cake pan – this is the best one like mine, it has the ability to be upside down on it's own without balancing it on a glass
A box of angel food cake mix
Water
Cocoa powder – we prefer the dark chocolate type
Powdered sugar if you want to dust a bit on the top at the end
1. Sliced berries are a nice touch and strawberries always go well with anything chocolate

See how pretty it turns out??!! There are tons of options to add to the top when serving. We like it plain but our kids will whisk together 1 cup powdered sugar with some milk for a glaze. add 1-2 tablespoons at a time for the liquid until it is the thickness you want. Could add 1/4 tsp vanilla extract in there too.

Is Devil's food cake the same as chocolate angel food cake?

No, the latter is much lighter, a fat free cake made in a tube pan with cocoa powder added into the ingredients. We show you how to make chocolate angel food cake here which is a nice unique twist to the vanilla version right out of the box.

What is the secret to making angel food cake?

Do not grease or spray non stick spray to the sides of the fluted cake pan! That is the biggest mistake people will make. It needs to be able to grip the sides and crawl up in a way which makes it so light, airy and fluffy. When done and cooled slide a knife around the edges to release.

You add cocoa!! Why we love angel food cake is plentiful. We mean it is like no other treat we have ever had before. Ok so maybe it is best because of the memories too but really. It is NOT the same as the dry dense ones you can buy at the store in the bakery section. Seriously those aren't worth it at all so don't compare the two.

Why we love angel food cake

It is a fat free cake
- Ok so it gives us an excuse to have a second piece
It is pretty, even if it is served as is right out of the pan (chocolate or plain)
It's the fluffiest cake of them all, but still has a bit of crust on the top that's super sweet
We love cakes with a few ingredients we have to throw together and this is probably the simplest dessert to make by far
It personally reminds us of our Grandmother because she'd always make us whatever cake we wanted for our birthday and we always asked for this one

Other angel food cake mix recipes you'll love

Pineapple angel food cake needs the can and the mix together. You will get a flatter version but can be made in a 9×13 pan.
Pumpkin angel food cake is our favorite Fall treat made with puree. It has a hint of this flavor, not too intense like muffins but nevertheless good.
Peach angel food cake has 2 ingredients too with canned fruit in syrup.

Chocolate Angel Food Cake

By Chocolate angel food cake with cocoa powder is good and only requires 3 ingredients to make! Our favorite fat free chocolate cake recipe that's fluffy and light. Prep: 10 minutes minsCook: 40 minutes minsTotal: 50 minutes minsServings: 12 Save Recipe Saved! Pin Recipe Comment Print Recipe

Equipment

1 angel food cake pan
1 Bowl

Ingredients

1 box angel food cake mix
1 1/4 c water, this is what our box required, follow instructions on your cake mix box
1/2 c cocoa, we used dark cocoa

Instructions

Add your angel food cake mix and cocoa into a bowl. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Add your water. Use a mixer on low speed to blend everything together well, about 30 sec. should do it.
Put mix into an ungreased angel food cake pan.
Bake on lowest rack in your oven for approx 40 minutes or until top is no longer sticky and it bounces back when gently touched on the top.
Take out and immediately turn your angel food cake pan upside down. If you have the style we have you can rest it anywhere, if yours doesn't have tall outside edges you'll need to find a bottle that fits inside the middle part of the pan and balance it on that so the cake doesn't touch anything when it is upside down.
Let it cool completely, then flip right side up and use a straight knife to loosen cake from pan.
Loosen outside rim and middle, then lift middle part of pan up and push bottom middle piece out and away from outside ring.
Loosen middle piece from cake as well as bottom of cake from pan. Gently flip over on to your hand and remove last cake piece. Immediately put on to cake platter with top facing up.