Kinako Chiffon Cake with Green Tea and Black Sugar
- 3 Egg yolks, large
- 20 grams Granulated sugar
- 40 ml Vegetable oil (no health substitutes)
- 70 ml Milk
- 55 grams Plain flour
- 20 grams Kinako
- 1/2 tsp Baking powder
- 3 grams Matcha
- 15 grams Kuromitsu
- 1/2 tbsp Hot Water
- 4 large Egg whites
- 40 grams Granulated sugar
- 1 pinch Salt
- Shift the flour, soya powder and baking powder.
- Preheat the oven to 340F/170C.
- Separate the egg yolks and whites.
- Put the egg whites in the fridge until you need it.
- Mix in the sugar with the egg yolks and whisk well.
- Once the mixture is pale, add vegetable oil and whisk well.
- Add milk and the dry ingredients and whisk well.
- Dissolve the matcha in hot water and mix in the kuromitsu.
- Add a pinch of salt to the egg whites and mix with cutting motion first.
- Divide the granulated sugar into 3 portions.
- Add a portion at a time and whisk well after each addition.
- Whisk until the bubbles are rough-textured.
- Change the whisk to an electric mixer and whisk at highest speed until you have a smooth and shiny meringue.
- When you lift the meringue and its peak gently falls, reduce the speed of the mixer and whisk until really smooth.
- Scoop a small amount of the meringue from Step 7 to the egg yolk mixture from Step 3 and stir with a whisk.
- Scoop another small portion of the meringue to the egg yolk mixture and fold in with a spatula.
- When you add the meringue, stir well with a whisk without crushing the delicate bubbles.
- Pour the egg yolk mixture into the rest of the meringue and fold in with a S shape motion.
- Stir well until all lumps are gone.
- Put three ladles of the batter from Step 10 into another bowl and add the matcha and kuromitsu mixture from Step 4.
- Stir quickly.
- Stir the Step 10 batter again with a spatula.
- Pour the Step 10 batter into a mould and add a small portion of the Step 11 batter.
- Stir lightly.
- Add the rest of the Step 10 and 11 batter and stir lightly and evenly, lifting from the bottom of the mould with a spoon.
- In the end, stir with a stick along the mould to stick the batter to the edge of the mould.
- Bake in a 340F/170C oven for 20 minutes and reduce the temperature to 320F/160C.
- Bake for another 15 to 20 minutes.
- Bake until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
- Take out from the oven and leave to cool upside-down on a bottle big enough to support the mold.
egg yolks, sugar, vegetable oil, milk, flour, kinako, baking powder, matcha, kuromitsu, water, egg whites, sugar, salt
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/171013-kinako-chiffon-cake-with-green-tea-and-black-sugar (may not work)