Cotton cake

Cotton cake

Overview

Cotton cake, as you can tell from the name, the texture of this cake is dense and soft, which is definitely worthy of the word cotton. It can be spread with jam, cream, etc., or you can add nothing and cut it into pieces directly. The delicate and dense texture with the light milky fragrance will definitely make you unable to stop eating!

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Prepare 5 eggs, separate the yolks and whites, and 1 whole egg

    Cotton cake step 1

  2. Cut the butter into small pieces and put it into the pot

    Cotton cake step 2

  3. Heat over low heat until the butter boils and immediately turn off the heat

    Cotton cake step 3

  4. While the butter is boiling, pour in the flour and stir evenly to make a hot dough

    Cotton cake step 4

  5. Add one whole egg into the hot dough, use a rubber spatula to gently mix it up and down, then add the remaining 5 beaten egg yolks, and mix evenly

    Cotton cake step 5

  6. Pour in the milk and mix well

    Cotton cake step 6

  7. Mix into a thin batter that can flow

    Cotton cake step 7

  8. Add salt and lemon juice to the remaining 5 egg whites, beat with an electric mixer at low speed until fish-eye foam forms, add 1/3 of the fine sugar

    Cotton cake step 8

  9. Continue to beat until the egg whites are thick. When the egg whites are thicker, add 1/3 of the fine sugar. Continue to beat the egg whites until lines appear. Add the remaining 1/3 of the fine sugar. Continue beating for a while. Lift the egg beater. If there are sharp corners and the ends bend and droop slightly, it is a dry foam

    Cotton cake step 9

  10. Add 1/3 of the whipped egg white batter into the egg yolk batter, gently stir it up and down

    Cotton cake step 10

  11. Then pour the mixed batter back into the 2/3 of the originally whipped egg white batter, and mix evenly using the same technique until it is fully integrated to become a thick and delicate cake batter

    Cotton cake step 11

  12. Pour the cake batter into a non-stick cake mold and shake it gently to remove any big air bubbles

    Cotton cake step 12

  13. Preheat the oven to 140 degrees, bake the middle rack of the oven with top and bottom heat for 60 minutes

    Cotton cake step 13

  14. After baking, take out the cake and place it upside down on the drying rack, or not

    Cotton cake step 14

  15. After cooling, remove from the mold and cut into pieces to eat. You can also add jam, cream, and fruit to eat together

    Cotton cake step 15