I have turned xx years old today! (the age is a secret! haha). As an extra challenge for me I tried my hand in baking my very own birthday cake. Actually it is not a stroke of inspiration that I have decided to make a birthday cake, in reality my sister have some baking ingredients that are about to be expired next month. So in order to prevent wastage, I have decided to make use of them before it expires!
I surfed the internet for a fool proof recipe and decided to make a chocolate chiffon cake.
Ingredients
2 cups sugar
1-1/2 cup cake flour
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup vegetable oil
7 egg separated at room temperature
3/4 cup cold water
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1. Heat Oven to 350F
2. Combine 1-3/4 cup sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt in a large bowl
3. Add oil, egg yolks, water, vanilla then beat until smooth
4. Beat egg whites and cream of tartar until soft peaks. Add 1/4 cup sugar gradually until stiff peak forms
5. Pour chocolate batter into the beaten egg white, by folding using a spatula.
6. Pour into a ungreased 10" tube pan.
7. Bake 1 hour or until cake springs back.
8. Invert pan on heat proof funnel until completely cool. Remove cake from pan. Decorate as necessary.
I didn't try to make any more frosting, it is just plain difficult. I have decided to just dust it with confectioner sugar. There are some more ingredients left so I also made some cupcakes.
After 4 hours of baking, here is my birthday cake!
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