Japanese Cheese Chiffon

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This recipe was posted by Jenny Cheung.  The extra egg white in this really works well. I scaled it down: 4 egg Whites 22g sugar   3 egg yolks 30g sugar 34ml oil 86ml milk 67g SR flour pinch of salt 86g full fat cream cheese   Note, cream cheese and milk to be heated …

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Microwave Mug cake

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I have seen this recipe many times but have not tried it, recently I had my heart set on some duck pancakes but unfortunately I had to throw them away after they were cooked.  To fill fulfil my cravings for something nice I decided it was time to try this cake out.  I microwaved it …

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100% Wholewheat Rolls and Man Tao

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My friend Lynne Lee Diep recently shared a wholewheat roll recipe by Alex Goh. The recipe uses an overnight dough starter made from white strong bread flour.  I tried the original recipe and it produced a lovely soft roll.  I then decided to try this recipe but with wholewheat flour for the overnight starter dough …

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Coffee Chiffon 3 egg

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  I tested out this recipe today: http://thedomesticgoddesswannabe.com/2015/11/coffee-chiffon-cake/ I omitted the baking powder and found that this cake did not inflate as much as my normal chiffon’s, next time I will add the baking powder.  The coffee taste is prominent but not excessively strong.

Introduction to Chiffon Cakes

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Chiffon cakes were invented by Henry Baker in the early 1900’s he kept the recipe a secret for 2 decades before he sold it to Betty Crocker (General Mills) in 1947.  General Mills published the recipe, here is a link to the original http://researchingfoodhistory.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/chiffon-cake-new-sponge-cake-in-1948.html. Chiffon cakes are normally baked in a tube pan like this: You …

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Chiffon 3 egg recipes

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When I try a new chiffon recipe, I like to scale it down to a 3 egg recipe and use my 7 inch aluminium push pan tin from Lakeland.  I also prefer to use large eggs. Below  are recipes I have tried and scaled down along with comments.  Although I have added the baking powder …

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