Orange Chiffon Cake wt Butter Icing and Royal Icing

By Beachlover on |

I have acquired the skill of baking perfect chiffon cake after 2 baking failure .Since then I try again and again until I bake a perfect and beautiful chiffon cake.Never said die attitude! The magic of chiffon cake texture is soft,light and moist.Recently I bought a new Kitchen Aid mixer,I love my new mixer very much.This Kitchen Aid mixer is perfect to mix the egg white until stiff and form.From the moment I capture the technique and skill of baking perfect chiffon cake,I present my decorative chiffon cake as gift to my father in-law and brother in -law.They both have each cake and absolutely love the cake.Again I have to thanks Gretrude to teach me how to bake this mysterious cake.

Ingredients :
(A)

1 3/4 cup of flour

1 tsp of baking powder

1/8 tsp of salt

1/2 cup of sugar

(B)

7 egg yolks

3/4 cup Orange Juice

2 tsp orange essence flavor

1/2 cup of vegetable oil

2 drop food orange color

(C)

1/2 cup of sugar

7 egg white

3/4 tsp of cream of tartar

Method:

Pre-heat oven to 325 degree F.

1) Sieve all the (A) ingredient in a mixing bowl until well combined.

2) Mix ingredient (B) until well blended and then add in ingredient (A) until smooth.

3) Beat ingredient (C) in mixer on high speed until stiff peak. It should not fall out when you turn the mixing bowl over. Fold 1/3 of the egg whites into the egg yolks mixture and continue to do so until egg whites is finish. Remember to fold in gently until well mixed.

4) Pour batter into un-greased 10" tube pan and bake for an hour or used a bamboo skewer to test the cake. Just insert the skewer into the center of the cake and it should comes out clean.

5) Invert cake and let it cool complete in the pan. When is cool, loosen the edge of the pan with knife and remove cake .

I used tip #6B as shell and stars with butter icing.As for the flowers I used royal icing. I used #1M tip for the flower with peach color butter icing
You can see my other chiffon cakes here and here

The front chiffon cake is pandan flavor and the back is orange flavor.
May I present my new Kitchen Aid mixer.I think this mixer is the best investment I make so far.Actually I get this mixer at Kohl's on sale and on top of the sale I can match competitor price.Hop to my other blog to learn how I get this good deal here! .