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Vanilla Chiffon Cake

Published: Mar 28, 2020 · Modified: Mar 28, 2023 by JAYANTHY · This post may contain amazon or my other affiliate links · 13 Comments

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This Vanilla Chiffon Cake is fluffy and light as air. Follow step by step preparation to achieve perfect chiffon cake.

Vanilla Chiffon Cake

Vanilla Chiffon cake is airy ,fluffy ,moist ,sponge with tender crumbs. It is a simple recipe with basic cake ingredients . It contains both egg white and egg yolks (separated)along with milk ,oil, caster sugar and a pinch or two cream of Tartar. Egg yolk and oil adds richness to the cake and keep moist and fluffy even refrigerated. This cake may be baked either in Tube (angel Food) pans,or any round inch pans. I have baked in both the pans and result is the same beautiful fluffy cake. Today I made it in a small Tube (Angel Food )pan 6 ” which is more than enough for two( Hubby and me)????.

How to bake a Chiffon Cake?

There are three steps to follow to bake this Chiffon Cake . Firstly, sift All purpose flour and salt for two to three times . Melt butter and oil together and add to the flour mixture and mix well until it forms a smooth paste (roux). Secondly, beat egg yolk along with milk and vanilla extract and keep aside. Thirdly, whisk egg white, caster sugar with cream of tartar in an electric beater until it forms a stiff peak (French meringue) . These are the three main steps to follow for baking a Chiffon Cake.

How to make Chiffon Cake batter?

Firstly, add egg yolk mixture to the flour mix paste( aka roux) and combine well with a use of a ballon whisk. Next, add ¼ of egg white (meringue )to the egg yolk batter and gently fold to lighten it up. Then gently fold egg whites into three parts until no egg yolk remain. The chiffon Cake batter is ready to bake in a preheated oven over cold bath method. Lets jump to to the step by step preparation of Vanilla Chiffon Cake.

Lets jump to step by step preparation of Vanilla Chiffon Cake

Get ready with all the measured ingredients at room temperature.

Sift all-purpose flour and salt together for two to three times and keep aside.

In a gas top or microwave melt butter with oil on a low heat.

Add melted butter oil mixture to the sifted All purpose flour and whisk well with a whisk until it forms a smooth flour paste (aka roux).

In a wide dry bowl add egg yolks,milk and vanilla extract and beat well until it is well combined.

In another wide bowl add egg whites and whisk (I used electric hand mixer) until frothy. Now add cream of tarter and continue beating until fine foams form for 2 minutes.

Gradually add caster sugar little by little ( mix 3 portions )until it forms stiff peaks (French meringue) consistency. Keep it aside.

Add egg yolk mixture to the flour butter oil paste( aka roux) and mix well until it forms a smooth paste without any lumps.

Mix ⅓ of the meringue to the yolk batter and mix gently with a spatula. Add meringue little at a time( 3 parts) and gently swirl until no egg yolk streak remain or seen .

Grease only the bottom of the Tube pan and dust well with all purpose flour. Do not grease the sides or the tube of the pan as the cake batter will not be able to cling to rise and fall flat. Preheat oven to 160 °C .

Pour the cake batter in the pan and gently tap the pan side to side to release air bubbles and get even top .

Wrap the base of the tube pan with aluminium foil (purely optional) .Place the tube pan into a cookie tray holding a shallow water bath and reduce the temperature to 150 °C and bake for 50 minutes or until skewer inserted comes out clean.

When the cake is done remove from oven and immediately invert to cool completely before unmoulding. I prefer to sprinkle some icing sugar and garnish it with whole strawberries.

Vanilla Chiffon Cake

Slice a piece or two and serve with a cup of coffee or milk . Serve with a cup of milk during breakfast or as a dessert with a scoop of ice cream.

Vanilla Chiffon Cake

Hope you like the recipe! if so, please try it out, leave your comment and thought which means a lot to me. Thank you so much for visiting my blog! Happy Baking!

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Notes

Since the meringue is the leavening agent beat the egg whites well till you achieve stiff peaks to get a nice rise and fluffy texture.

If cream of tartar is not available ,substitute with ½ teaspoon of vinegar or lemon juice.

Do not grease the sides of the tube pan. You can use any pan either round or square tins too. Make sure to grease bottom well .

Once baked ,cool it upside down (I forgot to click a picture ).

Chiffon Cake Baked in a springform round cake pan.

VANILLA CHIFFON CAKE

Jayanthy Asokan
Vanilla Chiffon cake is airy ,fluffy ,moist ,sponge with tender crumbs. It is a simple recipe with basic cake ingredients.
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 50 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr 5 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 8
Calories 95.8 kcal

Equipment

Microwave Convection Oven
Electric Hand Beater
Wide bowl
6'' Scalloped Angel Tube Pan

Ingredients
  

  • 4 egg yolks
  • 4 egg white
  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • 50 ml milk
  • 20 gm butter
  • 20 gm vegetable oil
  • ⅓ cup caster sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ⅛ teaspoon cream of tartar ( or ) ½ teaspoon vinegar ( or ) ½ teaspoon lemon juice
  • 2 pinch salt
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Instructions
 

  • Get ready with all the measured ingredients at room temperature.
  • Sift All purpose flour and salt together for two to three times and keep aside.
  • In a gas top or microwave melt butter with oil on a low heat.
  • Add melted butter oil mixture to the sifted All purpose flour and whisk well with a whisk until it forms a smooth flour paste (aka roux).
  • In a wide dry bowl add egg yolks, milk and vanilla extract and beat well until it is well combined.
  • In another wide bowl add egg whites and whisk (I used electric hand mixer) until frothy. Now add cream of tarter and continue beating until fine foams form for 2 minutes.
  • Gradually add caster sugar little by little ( mix 3 portions )until it forms stiff peaks (French meringue) consistency. Keep it aside.
  • Add egg yolk mixture to the flour butter oil paste( aka roux) and mix well until it forms a smooth paste without any lumps.
  • Mix ⅓ of the meringue to the yolk batter and mix gently with a spatula. Add meringue little at a time( 3 parts) and gently swirl until no egg yolk streak remain or seen.
  • Grease only the bottom of the Tube pan and dust well with all purpose flour. Do not grease the sides or the tube of the pan as the cake batter will not be able to cling to rise and fall flat. Preheat oven to 160 °C .
  • Pour the cake batter in the pan and gently tap the pan side to side to release air bubbles and get even top .
  • Wrap the base of the tube pan with aluminium foil (purely optional) .Place the tube pan into a cookie tray holding a shallow water bath and reduce the temperature to 150 °C and bake for 50 minutes or until skewer inserted comes out clean.
  • When the cake is done remove from oven and immediately invert to cool completely before unmoulding. I prefer to sprinkle some icing sugar and garnish it with whole strawberries.
  • Slice a piece or two and serve with a cup of coffee or milk . Serve with a cup of milk during breakfast or as a dessert with a scoop of ice cream.

Notes

Since the meringue is the leavening agent beat the egg whites well till you achieve stiff peaks to get a nice rise and fluffy texture.
If cream of tartar is not available ,substitute with ½ teaspoon of vinegar or lemon juice.
Do not grease the sides of the tube pan. You can use any pan either round or square tins too. Make sure to grease bottom well .
Once baked ,cool it upside down (I forgot to click a picture ).

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 95.8kcalCarbohydrates: 3.8gProtein: 3.7gFat: 7.2gSaturated Fat: 4.3gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 103.7mgSodium: 59.6mgPotassium: 55.8mgFiber: 0.1gSugar: 0.5gVitamin A: 202.4IUCalcium: 21mgIron: 0.4mg
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Comments

  1. Gijee John

    March 31, 2020 at 7:53 am

    It’s the perfect chiffon cake. Tried it as soon as I got the recipe. Super soft and delicious cake. Thanks ma’am for the awesome recipe

    Reply
    • JAYANTHY

      March 31, 2020 at 12:22 pm

      Most welcome! Happy you tried and Thank you for the lovely feedback!Happy Baking????

      Reply
  2. Linda

    April 16, 2020 at 12:46 pm

    What is caster sugar ?

    Reply
    • JAYANTHY

      April 16, 2020 at 1:05 pm

      It is a superfine sugar ground to a consistency between granulated and powdered sugar. It is also called Baker’s sugar.

      Reply
    • Sue

      April 19, 2020 at 3:31 am

      You can make your own…throw it in a food processor and give it a couple buzzes.

      Reply
  3. Sue

    April 19, 2020 at 3:32 am

    This cake is stunning! Will definitely try it soon. Nice formatting and photography for the recipe…thanks for sharing.

    Reply
    • JAYANTHY

      April 19, 2020 at 7:24 am

      Thanks you so much and most welcome! do try and let me know your feedback..Happy Baking ????

      Reply
  4. Romita

    April 20, 2020 at 11:55 am

    Hi ma’am I tried yoir vanilla chiffon cake recipe but unfortunately I don’t think itbwill work as my final batter looks pretty different. Please let me know where am I going wrong. Even though it’s still baking let’s see

    Reply
    • JAYANTHY

      April 20, 2020 at 12:09 pm

      Hi Romita,without seeing your end product, I would not be able to comment. Let me know how it turned out?

      Reply
  5. Snehal

    July 10, 2020 at 6:28 pm

    Hy …is there a eggless version to this?

    Reply
    • JAYANTHY

      July 11, 2020 at 3:17 am

      There is no eggless version for a chiffon cake.

      Reply
  6. Ruthduffy

    July 23, 2020 at 7:50 pm

    I would love to make it but ingredients are a problem. I don’t know how to do 50mi 20 gm help

    Reply
    • JAYANTHY

      July 24, 2020 at 5:31 pm

      Use an online converter for any measurement.It is an easy method followed by many!

      Reply

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