Swirl Cinnamon Pillow Cake 肉桂枕头蛋糕
Ingredients :(A)
8 egg yolk
125gm all purpose flour
1 tspn baking powder
90gm corn oil
110gm full cream milk
1 tspn vanilla essence
(B)
8 egg white
110gm castor sugar
1 tspn salt
1/8 tspn cream of tartar
(C)
1 TB cinnamon powder
**Frosting : 1/2 cup icing sugar mix with 1 tspn lemon juice
Method :
(1) sift together flour & baking powder and mix well.
(2) now, heat milk, oil and coffee powder for about 2 minutes or till mixture became about to hot, not boiling.
(3) stir flour mixture into warm milk mixture till everything well blended ( as picture shown above), then add in egg yolk in few batches and continue beating till well cooperated. Set aside.
(4) next, in another mixing bowl beat egg white till foamy by adding in sugar & cream of tartar gradually, continue whisking till egg white became soft peak (meringue like).
(5) now, fold the meringue into the yolk batter in 3 batches and mix till everything well cooperated.
(6) transfer half batter into a 8" lined with parchment paper on bottom, mix together 2 tablespoon of batter with cinnamon powder till cooperated then spread half over to batter and make a swirl. Place the remaining batter over and add in the remaining cinnamon mixture as well to make a swirl.(7) Level batter by holding pan 2" above counter, dropping it flat on the counter. Repeat this several times to release air bubbles.
(8) finally, bake at preheated oven 170'C for first 20 minutes on lower rack (for 42L oven size), then 150'C for 60 minutes. Please adjust your oven temperature according to your oven cause some used only 140'C for other half baking.
(9) once its done, ajar oven door for 5 minutes before bringing out the cake, invert and remove parchment paper. Slice the cake only when its cooled.
(10) drizzle icing frosting over the top then serve.
