Taiwanese Castella Cake
This cake is revered for its texture as much as its taste. Pillow-soft soft and super moist, jiggly to the touch, and mildly sweet.
- Prep Time: 20mins
- Cooking Time: 1hr
Equipment
Ingredients
Instructions
- Separate yolk and whites from eggs (Egg whites into a large mixing bowl)
- Sieve flour into another mixing bowl
- Melt butter and milk together in pan
- Once melted, pour hot butter/milk mixture into flour mixing bowl and mix with a hand whisk
- Slowly add the egg yolks into this mix until you get a smooth batter
- Add the vanilla extract and mix in
- Using an electric whisk, whisk the egg whites into a meringue by slowly adding the sugar
- Pour the batter mixture into the meringue and with a hand whisk fold the mixture until they combine
- Finish folding with a spatula to get a runny mixture
- Prepare the cake tin by lining a baking sheet on the inside and lining the outside with aluminium twice (to prevent water from reaching inside)
- Place the cake tin in a baking tray
- Pour the mixture into the lined cake tin and use the spatula to smooth out the surface evenly whilst removing any large bubbles
- Boil (80°C) and pour water into the baking tray so that it creates a hot bath for the cake tin
- Place the whole thing in the oven at 150℃ for 60min