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Old fashion Sponge Cake

September 21, 2017 at 2:54 am · Filed under Anything about food, cakes, chiffon/sponge ·Tagged cakes, chiffon/sponge

Old fashion Orange Sponge Cake recipe adapted by Barry Apek
Ingredients:
75 gm corn oil
105 gm flour (original used 110g)
75 gm Orange Juice
6 yolks
15 gm golden syrup
1/4 tsp salt

6 egg whites
80 gm sugar
1/8 tsp cream of tartar (optional)

Line the base of an 8″ round pan and grease the sides.

Method:

1. Put oil in a saucepan and heat on low fire until just simmering. If you have a thermometer it should read around 70C. Remove and immediately add the flour and stir with a whisk until smooth.
2. Add in orange juice and golden syrup and stir to combine.
3. Add in egg yolks and whisk with hand whisk until batter is smooth and runny. Set aside.
4. Beat the egg whites until foamy, add cream of tartar then gradually add sugar to beat until firm peaks form.
5. Add 1/3 of the meringue into the yolk batter and using the hand whisk to mix until combined. Add the next 1/3 portion and whisk again. Finally, add the last portion, whisk briefly before switching to spatula to scoop the batter from bottom and fold up on to the batter to make sure all are combined and no more yolk batter can be seen.
6. Pour into prepared pan and bake in water bath (place baking pan into another pan for insulation or wrap with baking belt or wet towel) at 160C for 70-80 minutes or until the cake bounces back when you lightly press the top. (temperature and timing is different for every oven, so do adjust accordingly).
7. Remove from oven and leave it for a couple of minutes before unmoulding. You can invert it like you would a chiffon cake to cool completely before unmoulding if you wish.
8. Cool completely before slicing.

Pumpkin/orange Chiffon

August 23, 2017 at 3:10 am · Filed under Anything about food, cakes, chiffon/sponge, pumpkin ·Tagged cakes, chiffon/sponge, orange, pumpkin

Pumpkin/orange Chiffon

Ingredients:

100g Cake flour
70g Corn Oil
50g Orange Juice + zest of one orange
70g pureed pumpkin
40g caster sugar
1/4 tsp salt
5 yolks (from 65g eggs)
1 tsp Sunquick (optional)

6 egg whites
50g caster sugar
1/4 tsp cream of tartar

Method:

1. In a large mixing bowl, place yolks, oil, pumpkin, orange juice, 40g sugar, salt and Sunquick (if using) and use a hand whisk to whisk until combined. Sift in flour and mix again until lump free and smooth. Set aside.
2. Beat the egg white until frothy before adding the cream of tartar and continue to beat while gradually adding the 50g of sugar until a firm meringue is achieved.
3. Fold in 1/3 of the meringue using a hand whisk until fully incorporated. Add the balance in two portions and towards the end, switch to a spatula to gently scoop from the bottom of the bowl and fold up. Keep folding until no streaks of egg yolk batter can be seen.
4. Finally pour batter into a 20 cm chiffon pan. Run a skewer around the batter to break big bubbles.
5. Bake at 160C for 85-90 minutes steam bake method. Place your tube pan into a seamless pan before placing into another bigger pan filled with hot water. Temperature and baking time is a guide only, so adjust accordingly. Remove the water bath at the last 5-10 minutes of baking.
6. Once cooked, remove from oven immediately and invert to cool before unmoulding.

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Orange Chiffon with Herman starter

August 8, 2017 at 1:52 am · Filed under Anything about food, cakes, chiffon/sponge, Natural Yeast Starter ·Tagged chiffon/sponge, Herman starter, orange

Orange Chiffon with Herman starter

Ingredients:

100g All purpose Flour
45g Herman Starter (Feed the starter and use the 2nd day)
80g Corn Oil
80g Orange Juice
40g caster sugar
1/4 tsp salt
5 yolks (from 65g eggs)
1 tsp Sunquick (optional)

6 egg whites
50g caster sugar
1/4 tsp cream of tartar

Method:

1. In a large mixing bowl, place yolks, oil, Herman starter, orange juice, 40g sugar, salt and Sunquick (if using) and use a hand whisk to whisk until combined. Sift in flour and mix again until lump free and smooth. Set aside.
2. Beat the egg white until frothy before adding the cream of tartar and continue to beat while gradually adding the 50g of sugar until a firm meringue is achieved.
3. Fold in 1/3 of the meringue using a hand whisk until fully incorporated. Add the balance in two portions and towards the end, switch to a spatula to gently scoop from the bottom of the bowl and fold up. Keep folding until no streaks of egg yolk batter can be seen.
4. Finally pour batter into a 20 cm chiffon pan. Run a skewer around the batter to break big bubbles.
5. Bake at 160C for 85-90 minutes steam bake method. Place your tube pan into a seamless pan before placing into another bigger pan filled with hot water. Temperature and baking time is a guide only, so adjust accordingly. Remove the water bath at the last 5-10 minutes of baking.
6. Once cooked, remove from oven immediately and invert to cool before unmoulding.

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Bluepea/Pandan Chiffon

July 17, 2017 at 8:03 am · Filed under Anything about food, cakes, chiffon/sponge ·Tagged bluepea flower, chiffon/sponge, Pandan

Bluepea/Pandan Chiffon
(adapted from Barry Apek’s recipe)

Ingredients:

110g Cake flour (divide into half)
40g caster sugar (divide into half)
80g corn oil (divide into half)
5 large egg yolks (65g egg) (weigh, lightly beaten and divide into half)
1/2 tsp salt (divide into half)
44g concentrated bluepea + coconut milk (santan)
44g pandan + santan (blend pandan leaves with santan and a bit of water then squeeze out the juice)

6 egg whites
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
70g sugar

This is how I achieve smooth top…very little water, it dries up towards the end of baking.

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 160C.
2. Prepare Pandan juice and add in one portion of all the divided ingredients in a mixing bowl. Mix with a hand whisk until well combined and smooth. Set aside. 3. Combine Bluepea/santan juice in another mixing bowl and add the other portion of divided ingredients and mix. Set aside.
4. To make the meringue, place the egg whites in a clean dry bowl of the mixer and beat until foamy. Add Cream of tartar and continue to beat while adding the sugar and continue beating until the egg whites are glossy but at firm peaks. Divide into half.
5. Add one portion of the meringue to the pandan batter and fold lightly to mix until no streaks of meringue can be seen. Do the same for the bluepea batter with the other remaining portion of meringue.
6. Gently pour half of the bluepea batter into prepared pan, use a spatula to even out the top. Gently scoop in half of the pandan batter on top of the bluepea batter. Smooth the top and repeat with the balance bluepea batter followed by the pandan batter.
7. Bake for 90 minutes using steam/water or until golden brown. Follow your own oven temperature and time please.
8. Remove from oven and immediately invert to cool completely before unmoulding.

Note: this cake is baked using Smeg oven with above stated temperature.

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Corn Custard Chiffon

July 12, 2017 at 1:59 am · Filed under Anything about food, cakes, chiffon/sponge ·Tagged cakes, chiffon/sponge, corn, oil

Corn Custard Chiffon

Ingredients:

100g Cake flour
2 tsps custard powder
80g corn oil
30g castor sugar
110g corn puree (80g cream corn blend with 40g coconut milk)
5 large egg yolks (65g egg)
1/2 tsp salt

6 egg whites
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
80g castor sugar

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 160C.
2. Sieve flour/custard powder together.
3. In a mixing bowl add oil, corn puree, 30g sugar, salt and yolks and whisk until combined then add the sifted flour. Continue to mix until batter is smooth. Set aside.
4. To make the meringue, place the egg whites in a clean dry bowl of the mixer and beat until foamy. Add Cream of tartar and continue to beat while adding the sugar and continue beating until the egg whites are glossy but at soft peaks.
5. Add 1/3 of the meringue to the batter and fold lightly to mix before adding the next 1/3 portion, fold in until just incorporated and then adding the final 1/3 portion and fold until no streaks of meringue can be seen. Gently pour into prepared pan, and bake in a water bath (check the picture to see how I did it) for 90 minutes or until golden brown. Remove the water at the last 10 minutes of baking. This is to dry the sides of the cake. Follow your own oven temperature and time please.
6. Remove baked cake from oven and immediately invert to cool. If cake still feels damp after unmoulding, return to oven to dry in a low temperature for 5 minutes.

Note: this cake is baked using Smeg oven with above stated temperature.

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Orange Chiffon

May 16, 2017 at 1:52 am · Filed under Anything about food, cakes, chiffon/sponge ·Tagged chiffon/sponge, cranberry, eggs, oil, orange

Orange Chiffon

3 large eggs yolk
60g cake/superfine flour
1/8 tsp salt
orange zest from 1 small orange
50g vegetable oil
20g caster sugar
50 g fresh orange juice (1 small orange is sufficient)

4 large eggs white
50g caster sugar
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

30g finely chopped dried cranberries

Instructions:

1. Zest the oranges and squeeze out juice. Measure out 50g juice and set aside.

2. Sift flour.

3. In a large mixing bowl, place the yolks, oil, salt, 20g sugar, orange juice and zest and mix with a hand whisk until all ingredients are incorporated.

4. Next add the flour and whisk quickly to incorporate. Set aside.

5. Beat the egg whites until frothy before adding cream of tartar. Continue beating until fine foams then gradually add in the 50g of sugar. Beat to firm peaks.

6. Add 1/3 of meringue into the yolk batter and mix well with a hand whisk to lighten the batter. Add another 1/3 and mix till combined. Lastly add the final portion and whisk briefly to combine before switching to spatula to scoop batter from bottom and fold up until no more streaks of yolk batter can be seen. Add the chopped cranberries and gently fold to incorporate into the batter evenly.

7. Pour into an 18cm tube pan and tap on the table top to remove bubbles and also to even out the batter.

8. Steam bake at 160C for 80 minutes. Remove from oven and invert immediately to cool.

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Pandan/Bluepea/Vanilla Sponge Cake

May 13, 2017 at 2:12 pm · Filed under Anything about food, cakes, chiffon/sponge ·Tagged bluepea flower, chiffon/sponge, Pandan

Pandan/bluepea/vanilla Sponge Cake

Ingredients:

6 large egg yolks
70g oil
30g Bluepea flower juice
30g Pandan Juice
30g Milk
100g cake flour + 1/4 tsp salt (divide this into 3 portions)

6 egg whites
90g sugar
1/4 tsp cream of tartar

Method:

1. Line the bottom an 8″ round pan. Grease the sides for easier unmoulding. Preheat oven to 160C.
2. Sift flour and salt together.
3. Beat egg yolks and oil together and then divide equally into 3 portions. Add one portion into the respective juices and stir to combine.
4. Next add a portion of flour into each flavour and mix until smooth. Set aside.
5. Beat egg whites until frothy before adding cream of tartar. Continue beating while gradually adding the sugar. Beat till firm peaks but not stiff.
6. Divide the meringue equally into 3 portions and fold in gently into each yolks batter until combined.
7. Scoop 2 tablespoons of each batter on top of one another until complete.
8. Bake in a water bath in preheated oven for 90 minutes or until cooked. Timing and temperature is indicative only)
9. Remove from oven, wait until cake has pulled away from the sides before inverting on to a smooth non stick pan. Remove paper lining and re-invert on to a rack.
10. Place cake in the oven (do not turn it on) to dry, using the remaining heat, if the cake is still damp.