Orange Chiffon Cake
- 1/2 orange worth Freshly squeezed orange
- 1 tbsp Orange curacao
- 4 large Egg yolk
- 5 large Egg white
- 100 grams Cake flour
- 80 grams Granulated sugar
- 30 ml Vegetable oil
- 55 ml Orange syrup
- 30 grams Candied orange peel
- 1/2 orange worth Orange zest
- 1/4 yuzu worth Yuzu zest
- Squeeze orange juice and add orange curacao to measure a total of 55 ml.
- Chop the candied orange peel finely.
- Zest the orange and yuzu.
- Sift the cake flour.
- Separate the egg yolks and whites.
- Preheat the oven to 170C.
- Add 2/3 of the granulated sugar little by little while whipping the egg whites, and make a meringue with stiff peaks.
- Keep it in the refrigerator.
- Add the rest of the granulated sugar into the bowl of egg yolks, and whip until pale and fluffy.
- Add vegetable oil, orange syrup, and the ingredients.
- Then sift in the flour mixture from step 2 into the bowl, and mix well to get rid of any lumps.
- Add 1/3 of the meringue from step 3 into the bowl from step 5 and fold.
- Add in another half of the meringue and fold.
- Lastly, add the batter into the bowl of meringue, and fold gently as not to break the air bubbles.
- Fold gently from the bottom like using a knife to cut the meringue.
- Pour the batter into a chiffon mold.
- Hold the middle of the mold and bang it lightly on the table to let the air bubbles out.
- Set the oven timer to 30 minutes.
- Bake at 170C for about 20 minutes.
- Make 4~5 incisions with a bread knife in the middle of baking process (optional).
- Lower the oven temperature to 160C and bake for 10 more minutes.
- The cake is finished if the skewer comes out clean.
- Cool the cake upside down on a cup.
- The cake will fall apart if you try to unmold it while hot.
- When the cake is cooled, run the side of the mold with a palette knife.
- Use skewers for the middle part.
- Unmold it upside down onto a plate and the cake is ready.
- It's a beautiful tall cake.
orange worth freshly squeezed orange, orange curacao, egg yolk, egg white, flour, sugar, vegetable oil, orange syrup, orange worth orange zest, yuzu
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/155466-orange-chiffon-cake (may not work)