Orange Chiffon Cake

Cake

Oven Temp: 325F
Time: 45-50 min

3 large eggs & 1 egg white
280 ml flour
185 ml sugar
7 ml baking powder
1 ml salt
60 ml oil
90 ml orange juice
15 ml orange rind (1 whole orange,
save some for glaze. 1/2 lemon rind)
3 ml vanilla
3 ml cream of tartar

Glaze

250 ml icing sugar
15-20 ml orange/lemon juice
2 ml rind

Method:

1. Grate rind, 1 whole orange & 1/2 a lemon.

2. In a large bowl add 4 egg whites. Put 3 egg yolks into a custard cup. Add 1 yolk to another custard cup. Seperate 25 ml of sugar to custard cup. Sprinkle cream of tarter to egg whites. Beat whites with beaters until there are soft peaks. Then take the sugar from the custard cup and add 15 ml of sugar at a time while beating.

3. In a seperate bowl add 160 ml of sugar, flour, and baking powder . Blend with a fork. Add the oil, most of the rind (save some for glaze), orange juice, vanilla, and 3 egg yolks. Mix together.

4. Make a well in the dry ingredients and add the wet. Blend together with beaters on low for 1 min. Add some of the whites to the batter and slowly fold the whites into the batter. Then add the other half of the whites and fold together. Add cake batter to pan and spread evenly. Then put in the oven, on the middle rack. Set timer. ENJOY!!

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