Beautiful cake that just lightly sweet, soft, moist and fluffy while still strong enough to hold any heavyweight decoration. Get out your mixer and bake this cake the easiest way: no folding necessary, perfect for a beginner.
Course Cake decoration, Dessert
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 25 minutesminutes
Total Time 45 minutesminutes
Servings 0~ 5 cups
Author Victoria
Ingredients
For an 8" x 3" or 9" x 2" round pan
4large eggs - ROOM temperature
40gramsall purpose flour~ 1/3 cup leveled
40gramscorn starch~ 1/3 cup leveled
70gramssugar~ 4 1/2 Tbsp
30gramsvegetable oil NO olive or sesame~ 3-4 Tbsp
15gramswhole milk~ 1 Tbsp
15gramsjuice or extract dropsoptional
1/2tspcream of Tartar or 1 tsp lime juice
~ 1/4 tsp salt
Recommend tools & supplies
Mixer
Fine mesh or Flour sifter
Large mixing bowl
8inchround cake pan
Parchment paper
10inchCake board
Kitchen scale or Measuring spoons/cups
Wire cooling rack
Instructions
Before starting, make sure your eggs are not cold, you can do this by separating the eggs white and yolk then leave them both at room temperature for 30 minutes.
Measure and cut out parchment paper to fit the bottom of your pan or grease its bottom surface. Do NOT grease the side, non-stick pan is not recommended as it doesn't have enough friction for cake to rise onto.
Any how, beat egg white with salt on low, then add cream of tartar and beat till foam. Last, add sugar and beat to soft peak.
Mixing
Now turn mixer to LOW. All the next few steps required adding ingredients slowly at lowest speed possible of mixer.
Add egg yolks one at a time, wait about 5 second for one to fully mix before adding another.
Pour liquid mixture (oil/milk/extract/juice) in.
Add 1/3 of sifted flour/corn starch in scattering around the bowl, wait till fully incorporate then add another 1/3, and another (roughly 10-15 seconds in between).
Turn the mixer off, use its beaters to gently scrape around bowl side.
Bake
Pour mixed batter into bottom-greased/lined pan.
Gently shake and tap pan onto counter a few times to remove large bubbles.
Bake at 350 F for 25 - 30 minutes using both heating elements.
Cool
Once cake is baked (please look through the window, avoid opening oven or cake will slumber), remove from oven.
Then turn and place upside down onto cooling rack. Try to raise cooling rack to allow air flow below.
Once cool, use a paring knife to leer around the edge if the cake doesn't pop out on itself.
Serve same day or can be store in fridge 3-4 days, if so, have some buttercream to cover your cake to avoid dry and dense.
Finish cake should be light to mildly sweet, soft, fluffy, moist but still firm enough to hold any weight of decoration.