Orange Ogura Cake

 

I always like 相思蛋糕,my friend ever bought from Batu Pahat many years ago and I remember everyone was so impressed by how soft and cottony the cake was. I wanted to bake this cake so much but as I have fear on handling egg separation method, thus this recipe was shelved even though I had bookmarked the varieties from a lot of bloggers.

My helper has been kept reminding me to bring oranges to office as there are a lot in the fridge. And since this month is the orange event from Ann's Little Thumb Up, I took the courage to try on the orange ogura cake from Ann.


Recipe adapted from here.

Ingredients:

70g Orange juice

40g Vegetable oil
1/4 tsp Salt
55g Hong Kong Flour/Plain flour or Cake flour

zest from 2 oranges (I used one orange cos I was able to get 90g of juice from one)
4 Egg yolks + 1 whole egg (60g each)
150g Egg white
1/4 tsp Cream of tartar (I replaced with lemon juice)
60g Sugar

Method :

1. Line baking sheet at the bottom of an ungreased 7 inch square pan and preheat the oven to 160C with a tray of boiling water on the most bottom rack.

2. Whisk egg yolks,and vegetable oil until frothy and add orange juice, mix well. Sift in flour and orange zest, mix well set aside.

3. Using an electric mixer, whisk egg white, cream of tartar and castor sugar till peak form (not stiff).

4. Mix 1/3 of meringue with yolk batter with a rubber spatula. Then pour in balance of meringue. Fold gently to mix well.

5. Pour batter into pan and tap pan lightly to remove air bubbles.

6. Steam bake for 40 minutes at 160°C and bake for another 20 minutes at lower temperature 140°C.

7. Remove cake immediately after baked and invert cake on wire rack to cool.

Verdict?
 I didn't bake the cake successfully, I under baked the cake that caused the cake to collapse, too ugly to show the whole cake lol. And also the texture is too moist, definitely need to try it again, need a lot of practises.

I am submitting this post to Little Thumbs Up April 2014 - Orange host by Ann of Anncoo Journal, organized by Zoe@ Bake For Happy Kids and Mui Mui @ My Little Favourites DIY.