Green Tea Chiffon Cake
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70g Plain flour
10g Green tea powder
5 Egg yolks
20g Caster sugar
70g Water
60g Canola oil or corn oil
Meringue
90g Caster sugar
10g Corn flour
5 Egg whites
Method:
◾Preheat oven to 170C
◾Sift flour and green tea powder together twice. Combine egg yolks and sugar in a bowl and mix well. Add water and corn oil and blend together. Add flour and green tea powder mixture and mix until batter becomes sticky. Set aside.
◾Make meringue ~ Combine sugar and corn flour. Beat egg whites until foamy. Add half the sugar and flour mixture and continue beating for a few minutes, then add remaining sugar and flour mixture and beat until egg whites are glossy, with stiff peaks.
◾Slowly pour all the egg mixture into the meringue at low speed then stop machine. Using a rubber spatula and fold the mixture well.
◾Pour batter into an ungreased 20cm chiffon cake pan. Place in the oven and bake for 50 minutes then switch oven to lower grill for 5 minutes.
◾When cake is done, remove from oven and turn the pan over. Leave cake to cool in pan.
◾Once cake has cooled completely, carefully run a knife or spatula around the sides of the cake to loosen it.
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70g Plain flour
10g Green tea powder
5 Egg yolks
20g Caster sugar
70g Water
60g Canola oil or corn oil
Meringue
90g Caster sugar
10g Corn flour
5 Egg whites
Method:
◾Preheat oven to 170C
◾Sift flour and green tea powder together twice. Combine egg yolks and sugar in a bowl and mix well. Add water and corn oil and blend together. Add flour and green tea powder mixture and mix until batter becomes sticky. Set aside.
◾Make meringue ~ Combine sugar and corn flour. Beat egg whites until foamy. Add half the sugar and flour mixture and continue beating for a few minutes, then add remaining sugar and flour mixture and beat until egg whites are glossy, with stiff peaks.
◾Slowly pour all the egg mixture into the meringue at low speed then stop machine. Using a rubber spatula and fold the mixture well.
◾Pour batter into an ungreased 20cm chiffon cake pan. Place in the oven and bake for 50 minutes then switch oven to lower grill for 5 minutes.
◾When cake is done, remove from oven and turn the pan over. Leave cake to cool in pan.
◾Once cake has cooled completely, carefully run a knife or spatula around the sides of the cake to loosen it.