Monday 11 February 2013

Pandan Orange Swirl Chiffon Cake Recipe (step by step photos)





Ingredients (for 9 inches chiffon cake pan) 


Orange Mixture 
  • 4 large egg yolks 
  • 15 grams castor sugar 
  • 50 millilitres vegetable oil 
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt 
  • 50 millilitres freshly squeezed orange juice 
  • 75 grams plain flour, sifted 





Pandan Mixture
  • 4 large egg yolks 
  • 10 grams castor sugar 
  • 50 milliliters vegetable oil 
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt 
  • 50 milliliters pandan juice 
  • 75 grams plain flour, sifted 



  • 150 grams castor sugar
  • 16 grams corn flour
  • 8 large egg whites




Directions 

1. Preheat oven to 160 degrees C.



2. For Orange Mixture. In a large mixing bowl, mix together egg yolks, 
    salt and 15 grams sugar with a balloon whisk. Add in vegetable oil and
    orange juice. Stir well. Gradually mix in 75 grams plain flour. Combine 
    well. Set aside. 





3. For Pandan Mixture. In a large mixing bowl, mix together 
egg yolks,

    salt and 10 grams sugar with a balloon whisk. Add in vegetable oil 
    and pandan juice. Stir well. Gradually mix in 75 grams plain flour. 
    Combine well. Set aside. 




4. In a large mixing bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually 
add in 
    150 grams sugar, one tablespoon at a time and beat until soft peak 
    form. Gradually add in corn flour and continue beat until stiff and shiny
    peaks form. 





5. Gently fold in the egg whites mixture into the orange mixture and 

    pandan mixture accordingly until well combined. (Note: make sure the 
     egg whites are well combined with the egg yolks mixture without breaking the egg 
     whites. Little egg whites left will cause a big hole in the cake but over mixing make 
     it hardly rise during baking) 




6. To Assemble Swirl Effect. Add in 1/3 cup of pandan batter into 9

    inches chiffon cake pan then pour in 1/3 cup of orange batter over
    the pandan batter, layer by layer until finish. Bake in preheated oven
    for 50 to 55 minutes or until inserted tooth pick come out clean. 




7. Remove cake from the oven and invert the pan immediately until the

    cake has cooled.