What is Chiffon Cake?
Chiffon cake is a very light and airy cake. What made this cake different is the use of vegetable oil instead of traditional fat like butter, margarine or shortenings. By adding vegetable oil (I use canola oil because it has a neutral taste), it makes the cake more moist, soft and silky. Black Sesame is common in Indonesian, Chinese and Japanese dessert. It has rich nutty and slightly earthy flavor with mildly bitter undertone. The mild bitterness is perfect to balance out to any sweet desserts.
Substitution
Cake flour: If you can’t find cake flour, you can make it yourself by measuring 1 cup of all purpose flour and removing 2 tablespoon and replacing it with 2 tablespoon of cornstarch. Make sure to sift the flour. Cake flour yields the most soft and airy cake.
Cream of tartar: You can substitute 1/2 teaspoon of cream of tartar with 1 teaspoon of lemon juice or vinegar.
Tips
Use a tube pan: It’s better to use a tube pan with a removable bottom, it will be easier to remove the cake. The hole in the center also helps the cake bake more evenly.
DON’T grease the tube pan: Chiffon cake needs to cling to the side of the pan in order to rise properly. If those pan are greased, there is nothing for it to cling and will result in a flat cake.
Let cool upside down: The cake must be cooled upside down to prevent it from collapsing while it cools.
Black Sesame Chiffon Cake
Course: Indonesian12
servings20
minutes55
minutes271
kcalA light and airy cake that has a richness of a butter cake with a nutty flavor from the black sesame paste.
Ingredients
8 large eggs (separate the white and yolk)
1 3/4 cake flour
3/4 cup sugar
2/3 cup coconut milk
1/2 cup & remove 2 tsp vegetable oil
2 3/4 tsp baking powder
2 3/4 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
4 tbsp black sesame paste
Directions
- Preheat oven to 340° F
- Sift the cake flour & baking powder into a bowl and set aside.
- In a stand mixer, beat egg whites along with the cream of tartar and a third of sugar on medium speed. Once the egg whites turn from foamy to soft peak, gradually add the rest of the sugar. Beat until it reaches stiff peaks. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the egg yolks, vegetable oil, black sesame paste, vanilla extract & coconut milk until combined. Slowly incorporate the sifted ingredients into the mixture.
- Lighten the yolk batter by adding a fourth of the egg whites mixture. Gently fold the remaining egg whites in two equal parts until the batter and egg white mixture are incorporated.
- Pour the incorporated mixture into a 10-inch tube pan with removable bottom. Bake for 50 – 55 minutes.
- Invert the cake pan to let it cool for about 10 minutes. Use a knife to loosen the cake from the pan. Slowly and carefully slide the knife between the cake and the pan. Move slowly around the edges. It’s ready to serve!
