Description
Lightly sweet and loaded with chocolate sprinkles, this coffee cake has a soft and tender crumb that melts in your mouth.
Ingredients
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- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 2 cups confectioner’s sugar
- 4 eggs, whites & yolks separated (room temperature)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup black or lightly sweetened coffee (cold)
- 3/4 cup chocolate sprinkles
- confectioner’s sugar (for garnish)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350F/176C and position a rack in the center. Grease and flour your angel food pan and set aside.
- Sift together the flour and baking powder together into a mixing bowl and whisk in the salt. Set aside. Add the butter and powdered sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer, and use the paddle attachment to beat on medium high speed for 2 minutes. Scrape down the bowl and beat for another minute. Add the 4 egg yolks, one at a time, and beat well between each one. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add the vanilla extract, and beat again until fluffy, another 1-2 minutes.
- Reduce the mixer to medium low and add the flour mixture and the coffee in a total of 3 additions. First, add 1/3 of the flour and allow it to incorporate into the butter mixture. After the flour is mixed in, add 1/3 of the coffee. After the coffee has been incorporated, repeat the process two more times with the remaining flour mixture and coffee. Remove the bowl from the stand mixer, fold in the sprinkles and set aside.
- In a separate, clean bowl, add the egg whites and beat with a handheld electric mixer until they hold stiff peaks. Fold the whites into the batter, and pour into your prepared cake pan. Bake for at least 45 minutes and up to 1 hour, until a cake tester or toothpick comes out with a few moist crumbs.
- Allow to cool in the pan for 30 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack. Let the cake cool completely before garnishing with powdered sugar.
- To store, cover with plastic wrap and either refrigerate or keep at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 321
- Sugar: 28.1 g
- Sodium: 105.5 mg
- Fat: 16 g
- Saturated Fat: 9.5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 41.9 g
- Fiber: 1.2 g
- Protein: 4.2 g
- Cholesterol: 77 mg