How to Prepare Taiwanese Castella Cake

Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, taiwanese castella cake. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Taiwanese Castella Cake is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Taiwanese Castella Cake is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

The main difference between the Japanese and Taiwanese castella is the Japanese version includes bread flour in the recipe instead of regular flour, without butter and baking powder. Therefore, unlike the jiggly Taiwanese-style castella, it is springy, slightly gooey, and with a dark crust. You only need a few simple ingredients to get this.

Simple Way to Prepare Taiwanese Castella Cake

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have taiwanese castella cake using 8 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Taiwanese Castella Cake:

1. Take 45 ml (3 tbsp) milk
2. Make ready 30 ml (2 tbsp) vegetable oil
3. Make ready 54 g cake flour or low protein flour
4. Prepare 1/8 tsp table salt
5. Prepare 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
6. Make ready 54 g egg yolk (from 3 medium-sized eggs)
7. Prepare 90 g egg white (from 3 medium-sized eggs)
8. Make ready 40 g granulated sugar

I would say this is a fool proof recipe, it can't go wrong if you follow the steps closely. This pillow-like sponge cake is the Taiwanese old school sponge cake. They are extremely soft, fluffy and full of egg flavour. Very simple yet classic and delicious cake.

Instructions

Steps to make Taiwanese Castella Cake:

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2. Prepare the pan by lining parchment paper to cover the whole inner sides. If your pan is not leak-proof, wrap the outside with aluminium foil. This cake will be baked with a hot water bath so ensure no water is going in.
3. Heat milk and oil to approximately 158°F (70°C).
4. With a hand whisk, quickly mix cake flour into the hot mixture. It will turn lumpy but this is fine.
5. Add and mix the yolk one at a time. Add salt and vanilla. Mix thoroughly until the dough has a sticky smooth consistency.
6. At this point, preheat oven to 300°F (150°C). I use top and bottom heat without fan, so adjust your oven accordingly if it uses a different setting. Also, start heating up hot water for the water bath.
7. Using a hand mixer, beat egg white until foamy with even tiny bubbles. With the mixer running on low speed, gradually sprinkle sugar onto the sides as you mix. After entire sugar is mixed in, switch to high speed and beat until soft peak.
8. Add 1/3 of beaten egg white (meringue) into the batter. With a hand whisk, mix them thoroughly.
9. Add another 1/3 of meringue. From here on, we want to gently combine the mixture with a folding motion. Be careful not to deflate the batter. The air inside this fluffy meringue is the key component of a fluffy cake. Mix just until no white streaks are seen.
10. Add the final meringue. Fold gently just until it is 90% mixed.
11. Switching to a silicone spatula, check the sides and bottom of bowl for any unmixed batter. Fold just until combined. Do not overmix as the batter loses its air every time we mix.
12. Pour batter into the pan. Shake the pan to spread it evenly. Tap the pan onto the counter twice to release any big unwanted bubbles.
13. Place the pan onto a larger deep pan. Pour hot water (around 176°F / 80°C) into the bigger pan up to 1-inch high. Carefully transfer into the oven. I place it on the second bottom rack, so not on the middle rack. Bake for 45 - 55 minutes or until the top is brown, spongy, and dry.
14. Once baked, remove immediately from its pan and peel-off the paper. This will prevent the cake from shrinking too much. Slice it and let cool on the cooling rack before storing or serve it warm.

First, start by lining the loaf pan with a parchment paper. You can lightly brush the pan with oil to help the parchment paper stick to the pan. Great recipe for Taiwanese Castella Cake. Here is a super fluffy and jiggly cake recipe: Taiwanese style castella cake. I have tried numerous times to bake this cake without having it cracked on top and finally succeed.

As simple as that Simple Way to Prepare Taiwanese Castella Cake

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