Recipe - Cocoa Chiffon Cream Cake

CAKE
8 lg Eggs
One fourth cup Water
One fourth cup Vegetable oil
1 2/3 cup Unsifted cake flour
One half cup Unsweetened cocoa
1 cup Sugar
1 One half teaspoon Baking soda
One half teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Vanilla
One half teaspoon Cream oftartar

FILLING
1 cup Heavy cream
2 tablespoon Confectioners' sugar
One half teaspoon Vanilla
2 tablespoon Unsweetened cocoa
One fourth cup Seedless raspberry preserves
Frosting (opt, recipe below)

1. Separate eggs one hour before preparing cake, if possible. Allow whites
to sit, covered, at room temperature for 1 hour. Put 4 yolks in a cup;
cover tightly and refrigerate until ready to continue recipe. Refrigerate
remaining yolks, covered, for use at another time.

2. When whites have come to room temperature, heat oven to 325'F. In a
medium bowl, gradually beat water into whites until smooth. Add 4 yolks and
salad oil; beat until well combined.

3. Add cake flour, cocoa, 1 C sugar, baking soda, and salt. Beat just until
smooth; stir in vanilla.

4. Add cream of tartar to egg whites. Beat until fluffy. Continue beating,
gradually adding remaining One half C sugar, until stiff peaks form when the
beater is raised.

5. Pour flour mixture over egg whites. Gently fold together just until
completely combined. Turn into an ungreased 10inch tube pan. Bake until
cake springs back when gently touchedabout 55 to 60 minutes.

6. Remove cake from oven and immediately invert pan. Let cool corn
pletely, 1 to 1 One half hours, before removing from pan. In a large bowl,
combine cream, confectioners' sugar, vanilla, and cocoa for filling.
Refrigerate.

7. To assemble, carefully loosen cake from pan; remove pan and invert cake
on serving plate. Cut a 1 inch slice, crosswise, from top of cake. Remove
and set aside.

8. Hollow out center of cake leaving 1inch thick walls on all sides. Beat
cream mixture just until stiff peaks form. Be careful not to overbeat.

9. Break half of the cake removed from the center into 1/2inch chunks. You
need about 5 cups. Fold into cream. Spoon into hollow of cake. Remaining
cake scraps are good for snacking.

10. Invert reserved ring of cake so that the top is down; spread exposed
side with raspberry preserves. Place on cake with preserves down. Cover
tightly and refrigerate several hours or overnight. If desired, frost
before serving.

Frosting: In a medium bowl, beat together 1 1lb box confectioners'sugar,
One fourth C softened butter or margarine, 3 T unsweetened cocoa, 1 teaspoon
vanilla, and 3 to 4 T milk until smooth. Use to frost cake.

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