Chocolate Marble Chiffon Cake

Name: Chocolate Marble Chiffon Cake
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: 1/4 cup, cocoa (unsweetened); 2 tablespoons, packed dark brown sugar; 3 tablespoons, boiling water; 1 1/2 cups, granulated sugar; 1 1/3 cups, cake flour, plus 3 additional tablespoons (reserved); 2 teaspoons, baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 7 , large eggs, 2 left whole, 5 separated; 3/4 cup, water; 1/2 cup, vegetable oil; 1 tablespoon, vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon, almond extract; 1/2 teaspoon, cream of tartar

Desserts or Baked Goods
Chocolate
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Cakes

Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 1996

For a cake that is moist and tender yet still has enough structure, decrease the flour, add an egg yolk, and beat only some of the egg whites.

SERVES 12

TIME 1½ hours, plus 2 hours cooling

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