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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

[Easy to Succeed] Basic Sponge Cake 容易成功的基础海绵蛋糕


你最怕做的蛋糕是什么?又或者这么问你最没有把握的蛋糕是什么?对我来说答案肯定是全蛋打发的海绵蛋糕。开始做的全蛋海绵蛋糕往往不是不发不然就是上面发下面沉底,虽然后来掌握了全蛋的打发,但是往往成品的素质不一,有时蛋糕发得比较高,有时比较矮。
上了Richard Goh老师的蛋糕装饰课程后每个星期都要做海绵蛋糕,算是一个很好的练习。我也开始上网找海绵蛋糕的食谱,看到了君之这个“容易成功”的食谱,当然跃跃欲试。

虽然说是分蛋海绵但是做法和一般戚风做法不同。其实是开始的全蛋打发部分把蛋白和蛋黄分开打,然后再结合,最后加入面粉。蛋白和蛋黄分开打比较容易打发,当然结合后打发的蛋液就更加稳定了。

这个食谱的油量算是比较少的,所以成品相对的吃起来比较清淡干爽,口感非常有弹性。我把食谱改成4颗蛋的份量,适合做一个8寸圆蛋糕,或两个6寸圆蛋糕。下面我把食谱翻译成英文,中文食谱参考原著(注:我的6寸圆蛋糕我用175度烤了大概半小时,成品有6cm高。)

 
Sponge cake is something I fear the most among all kinds of cakes. Sometimes when I have luck I can get a tall and spongy sponge cake but sometimes my sponge cake is short even though I use the same recipe. I chanced upon this recipe from 君之blog, a famous Chinese food blogger when googling and so far this recipe give me consistent result.

[Easy to Succeed] Basic Sponge Cake

Ingredients: (yield one 8” round cake or two 6” round cake)

(A)
4 medium egg whites
65g sugar
(B)
4 medium egg yolks
40g sugar
40g melted butter
1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
(C)
106g cake flour


Method:
  1. Beat egg whites till frothy, add sugar in 3 additions and beat till soft peak.
  2. In a separate bowl, beat egg yolks and sugar till lighter colour, add melted butter and vanilla extract, mix well.
  3. Fold in 1/3 of meringue to egg yolk mixture and mix well. Then return the mixture to meringue, fold in using a rubber spatula.
  4. Sieve in flour and fold in using a rubber spatula.
  5. Pour into prepared pan (I used two 6” round pan), bake in preheated oven ay 175C for about 30 mins (for my 6” cake).

Kitchen Note:
  1. The height of my cake is about 6cm.
  2. Since I used loose-bottom pan, I didn’t grease or line the pan with baking paper.
  3. You may add ½ tsp of baking powder to the flour.
  4. For chocolate flovour, just replace 26g of flour with cocoa powder.
 (Recipe adapted from 『君之』的手工烘培坊)

24 comments:

  1. 我也觉得全蛋打发是很难掌握的
    对我来说啦
    对烘焙我还真的没法研究得很细

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    1. 鲸鱼,

      same here。

      周老师的书有一套比重的测量法但对我来说太麻烦了。

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  2. 谢谢分享,
    8"圆形,刚刚好适合我的迷你烘炉。
    之前都为了如何从9' 缩小至8"而头痛。

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  3. Angel,sponge cake 我也想学呐!谢谢分享!

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  4. i'm keeping this recipe. thanks!

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  5. Angel, I haven't baked sponge cake before. I must try this recipe!

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  6. Angel,is the sponge moist? Does it drys out a lot after u place in fridge? Tia!

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    1. Happy Queen,

      The amount of fat used in this recipe is relatively lower, so this sponge cake isn't very moist but rather "spongy".

      Thaw in room temp for a while before eating the cake will return the original softness.

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  7. What is the different between sponge and chiffon cake ?

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    1. Hi Anonymous,

      Chiffon cake has higher liquid contents and it is usally softer. It is made using egg separation method whereas sponge cake can e made using whole egg or egg separation method. It is firmer which make it more suitable for layer cake.

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  8. Hi Angel, do you think this cake can bake into multi layer rainbow cake? Will it be deflated when mix in food color?
    JJmum

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    1. Hi JJmum,

      If your oven can bake all at one time I think it's fine to divide the batter and mix colour. However, if you are going to bake in a few sessions I think it is not advisiable. You probably have to prepare the batter separately.

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  9. Hi Angel,

    What is the size of the egg?

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    1. Hi Leia,

      Usually I use 60g egg (A size) for my bakes but this recipe specify medium eggs so I use 55g egg (B size).

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  10. HI Angel,

    What is the egg size? Also, I have a sponge cake recipe that is very nice and I got it from a baking class. I have tried more than 20 times and yet to succeed ... I don't know what is wrong. As u are good in this, would u like to try out and let me know if you can do it. If u are keen, drop email me at leia3zillion@gmail.com.

    Sorry for asking and hope u don't mind. Thanks

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  11. HI Angel

    Can I replace butter with oil. I like oil as it gives lighter texture.

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    1. Hi Leia P,

      Yes. You may relace butter with oil but butter gives the cake better aroma.

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  12. 请问你的cake flour是低筋面粉吗?

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