Hi
Chiffon Cake, it is the theme for
this month Bake Along and really for me as it marks my 1 year baking and blogging journey. Cheers!
The 1st comment,
which I received in my blog was from Zoe of Bake for Happy Kids
on my Lavender Chiffon Cake. I was really surprised and
overjoyed that someone in Australia was reading my blog!
I started baking in 2013. It started just simple cupcakes that I baked
for friends and siblings but nothing serious.
My husband and children support my passion in baking as they get to be
the first to taste it all. They are my
source of inspiration.
When I started to receive many
compliments from friends and my siblings, I thought I should start a blog for
just my bakes, to diary my baking journal and share recipes with my
friends. That was my intention to start
a blog.
What have kept me going
subsequently and until now are the encouraging comments from the regular
bloggers and events like Thumbs Up; Cook-Your-Books; Bake Along and Cook-Like-A-Star. Love you people!
Baking and blogging, to me now,
is a journey that never ends and they can’t be separated. Baking is therapeutic and brings joy to me,
especially when you see the end product.
And, blogging brings like-minded people together to share experiences on
their bakes, baking same recipes together, inspiring and building friendship with
one another.
Passion requires strength and
sometime we can lose it along the way. One
of the ways to keep us motivated and bringing back our passion is to read blogs
from the bloggers whom you personally have connected. Inspiration is all around and you never know when
it’ll strike you that will kick yourself back on track again. So let’s fighting! (So Korean hahaha!)
Happy Baking!
This recipe is adapted from 65款手作经点蛋糕 and I love the food pics in this cookbook. It was a gift from my brother, which he bought it from Taiwan in his recent trip.
The recipe is
in Chinese and I’ve translated them to the best I
could by referring to my last post.
INGREDIENTS
A.
80g Egg
yolk
40g Castor
sugar
30g Vegetable
oil
40g Fresh
milk
100g Cake Flour
3g Baking
powder
B.
120g Egg white
80g Castor
Sugar (I reduced it to 40g)
2g Cream
of Tartar
C.
15g Cocoa
powder
30g Water
1g Soda-carbonated
powder
METHODS
(1)Mix
cocoa powder and soda-carbonated powder with boiling water
(2)Sieve flour and baking powder together, set aside.
(3)Separate egg yolks and whites and bring to room
temperature.
(4)Place egg yolks in a mixing bowl, add in sugar, in 3 separate
additions and with a manual whisk, whisk till the mixture becomes sticky and
turn pale.
(5)Drizzle in the oil, whisking at the same time till the
mixture is well combine. Sieve over the flour mixture and whisk until
flour mixture is fully incorporated into the batter.
(6)In a clean, dry mixing bowl, beat egg
whites with an electric mixer until mixture becomes frothy and foamy.
Gradually beat in the sugar and beat on high speed until just before stiff
peaks.
(7)Add the beaten egg white into the egg yolk batter in 3
separate additions, each time folding gently with a spatula until just blended.
(8)Scope a little portion of batter and mix it thoroughly with
coco sauce. Then spoon it into the egg
batter, use a skewer stick to create swirl pattern.
(9)Pour batter into an 18cm (7”) tube pan (do not grease the
pan). Tap the pan lightly on a table top to get rid of any trapped air
bubbles in the batter.
(10)Bake in pre-heated oven at 170˚C for 45-50mins or until the cake surface turns golden brown, and a
skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
(11)Remove from the oven and invert the pan immediately.
Let cool completely before unmould.
(12)To remove the cake from the pan, run a thin-bladed knife
around the inside of the pan and the center core. Release the cake and run
the knife along the base of the pan to remove the cake.
I’m baking Chiffon Cake along
with the rest of the bloggers. Therefore
I’m linking this post to Bake Along,
which is organised and hosted by 3 beautiful ladies –
recipe is adapted from 65 款手作经点蛋糕.
Hi Amy
ReplyDeleteHappy 1st Blog Anniversary! Congratulations!
Though I've only known your blog less than a year, it is wonderful to know you, even though it is only through blogging. And I always thought that your cakes are all so delicious looking! You are a talented baker, and the journey of baking and cooking is an even better one, with family and friends to share!
Your marble chiffon cake looks wonderful! I like simple cakes like this, it makes the perfect family-tea time snack!
Thank you for your support in all the events that we have organized. It is the support of all our wonderful blogger friends that makes the events exciting and fun. Here's to another year of delicious blogging, Cheers!
Hello Amy, big big cheers to your 1st Blog Anniversary! Thanks for sharing the delicious bakes and foods and glad to know you through blogging ^-^! Your Marble Chiffon Cake must be delicious as it looks so fluffy soft !
ReplyDeleteHi Amy! Happy anniversary! I love the "pattern" on your chiffon cake!
ReplyDeleteHi Amy,
ReplyDeleteHappy Blog Anniversary!!! Funny that I'm your first blogging friend... and I'm so glad that I know you. I can't remember how I actually stumbled into your blog and happy that we are great friends now :D
You have an amazing one year of baking and blogging and happy happy happy too to bake along with you!!! Your marble chiffon cake looks beautiful with its pretty chocolate swirls.
Zoe
Hi Amy, marble chiffon cake is one of my favourite especially when I add some orange zest to it. Happy Blog Anniversary. I like your bakes.
ReplyDeleteHI Amy...mmmm, just left a comment but not too sure if it has gotten through :(
ReplyDeleteAnyway, Happy 1st Blog Anniversary ^^
Loved the great marbled effect you had on your lovely chiffon. ;)
well said..and i hope all these inspirations and motivations will keep continue on. Happy 1st blog anniversary and wishing you many many years of blogging to come. Very delighted to have you joining us for the chiffon theme with your marble chiffon, it;s a lovely one! Cheers!
ReplyDeleteThat looks very well done Amy, I love the way your marbling look too!
ReplyDeleteHi Amy,
ReplyDeleteHappy Blog Anniversary!
I am glad to know you via blogging :)
That is a pretty marble chiffon. i love the pretty marbling in the chiffon.
mui