Ingredients
- Zest of two oranges
- 130g fresh orange juice
- 6 egg yolks
- 70g caster sugar
- 95g corn oil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 155g plain flour
- 1&1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 7 egg whites
- 70g caster sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
Steps
- Sift flour, salt and baking powder, set aside.
- Place egg yolk and 70g of sugar in a bowl and whisk, whisk till you get to the ribbon stage.
- Add the oil and whisk till your batter looks like thin mayonnaise.
- Add the sifted flour mixture to the batter and gently whisk until it has all combined.
- You should have a thick batter with air bubbles. Set aside and move onto the next stage.
- In a stand mixer, whisk egg white till foamy and add the cream of tartar.
- When the whites reached soft peak add remaining 70g sugar gradually till stiff peaks.
- Fold in 1/3 of the meringue into the yolk batter till it all combines.
- Continue adding 1/3 of the meringue until you have combined all mixture together.
- Once you have mix all the meringue in and no streaks are visible, your batter should look like thick and very fluffy.
- Carefully pour in the batter to your tube pan.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees C for 1 hour.
- If the chiffon cake is browning too fast then cover it with some foil.
- After an hour, check with a skewer too see if it's baked through.
- Turn it upside down immediately to cool.
- Once cool down completely, about an hour. Release it out from the pan.