Japanese cotton cake

Japanese cotton cake

Overview

It was my first time to make cotton cake, and I didn’t expect it to taste so soft. I cut it into half and gave it to my mother for breakfast. She said it was super soft and even better with jam!

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Prepare four eggs at room temperature, separate three egg yolks from egg whites, and break the last egg into the egg yolk.

    Japanese cotton cake step 1
  2. Corn oil was weighed.

    Japanese cotton cake step 2
  3. Sift the low-gluten flour and weigh it.

    Japanese cotton cake step 3
  4. Pour the corn oil into a small pot and heat it until it boils, then turn off the heat.

    Japanese cotton cake step 4
  5. Quickly pour in the cake flour and stir evenly.

    Japanese cotton cake step 5
  6. Pour in the milk and continue stirring.

    Japanese cotton cake step 6
  7. Let cool slightly and pour in the egg yolks.

    Japanese cotton cake step 7
  8. Blend until smooth. (Do not pour in the egg yolk while it is hot, otherwise it will burn into egg yolks.)

    Japanese cotton cake step 8
  9. Add a few drops of lemon juice or white vinegar, and salt. (Lemon juice and salt are added to enhance the stability of the egg whites.)

    Japanese cotton cake step 9
  10. Stir to create large foam.

    Japanese cotton cake step 10
  11. Pour in one-third of the granulated sugar.

    Japanese cotton cake step 11
  12. Continue stirring until the egg whites double in volume, then add half of the remaining sugar and continue stirring.

    Japanese cotton cake step 12
  13. Beat for about a minute and pour in the final sugar.

    Japanese cotton cake step 13
  14. Beat until wet peaks form, lift the egg beater, and the egg whites will form an inverted triangle with a small hook.

    Japanese cotton cake step 14
  15. Put one-third of the egg white into the hot noodles.

    Japanese cotton cake step 15
  16. Stir slowly, not stir, but stir evenly.

    Japanese cotton cake step 16
  17. Add the egg yolk paste to the remaining egg whites.

    Japanese cotton cake step 17
  18. Continue to stir evenly.

    Japanese cotton cake step 18
  19. Pour into the mold and knock out big bubbles.

    Japanese cotton cake step 19
  20. Preheat the oven, use the water bath method, put a plate of hot water under the oven, add the cake batter, and heat up and down to 160 degrees for 50 minutes.

    Japanese cotton cake step 20
  21. After baking, unmold while hot and place on the grill to cool.

    Japanese cotton cake step 21
  22. After it has cooled completely, it can be easily cut with a knife.

    Japanese cotton cake step 22
  23. Look, it’s very soft~

    Japanese cotton cake step 23
  24. You can also add some jam~

    Japanese cotton cake step 24
  25. Let’s eat~

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  26. O(∩_∩)O haha~

    Japanese cotton cake step 26