Orange Chiffon Cake

Recipe taken from Florence, always trusted. My chiffon fever is not over yet. Will be making more variety in time to come.

I had overbaked the cake a little, hence it actually turn out to be quite dry. Original uses a 20cm chiffon tube pan, but I only got 21cm. Hence actually need to reduce the baking time by about 5-10mins and I forget about it. I am not a big fan of orange chiffon, hence in terms of taste wise, I find it so so only. I can’t remember if I did take any picture. Will post the pictures if I find them.

115g cake flour
3/4tsp baking powder
(Sift together twice)

5 egg yolks + 30g caster sugar + 1/4tsp salt
60ml corn oil
80ml warm orange juice
1/2tsp vanilla essence
Zest of 1 orange
5 egg whites + 50g caster sugar + 1/2tsp cream of tartar

1. Preheat oven to 175 degree.
2. Use had whisk to whisk egg yolk until creamy in color
3. Add in corn oil, mix well, follow by warm orange juice and vanilla, mix well.
4. Add in the flour mixture into the yolk mixture. Fold in gently. Then add in zest.
5. Beat egg white till frothy, add in cream of tartar. After awhile, add in the sugar gradually.
6. Pour in 1/2 the egg white into flour mixture, mix well.
7. Pour back the mixture into the remaining egg white and fold in gently.
8. Bake for 45 mins in 20cm chiffon tube pan.
9. Invert and cool to remove.

Orange Cranberry Biscotti

This recipe is adpated from Little Corner of Mine. It is a very very very nice recipe. Me and Shan had baked 8 batches in total, as mention earlier it took us 8 hours to complete this “project”. It is not as hard as the traditional biscotti, so it can be eaten on its own without dipping it into your coffee. But of course with a cup of coffee, it will be the best. I had personally like it very much because of the refreshing taste. It’s taking a break from all your chocolate and more chocolate. Enjoy…

Baked dough before slicing

Sliced and baked the 2nd time

Ingredients:

(A)
1/2 cup corn oil
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. orange essence
1/4 cup fresh orange juice
Zest of one orange

(B)
4 cups flour
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup almonds nuts, coarsely chopped

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 190 C. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.

2. Beat (A). Add (B). Stir and knead until it formed a dough.

3. Divide dough in half and roll each roll into the length of the cookie sheet. Then move each roll to the cookie sheet and press down to 1/2 inch thickness.

4. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove to cool, then cut into slices with a serrated knife. Place the cut side up and bake for additional 5 minutes. Flip it over and bake the other side for 5 minutes. Remove and cool on wire rack.