Why Do Your Cakes Always Fail? Pay Attention to These Details and They'll Turn Out Perfectly
Cake is a highly tempting food, loved by children and adults alike. Many people say that when they are in a bad mood, they like to eat cake, which really shows that it's a comforting food. When I was a child, I had to wait for my birthday to have a satisfying amount of cake and satisfy my cravings. Nowadays, with the improvement of living standards, the festive delicacies we used to only have during special occasions are now often available to us. Currently, bakeries are emerging on every street, offering dazzling and mouthwatering cakes.
However, some businesses are now adding all kinds of additives to food to achieve stunning visual effects and special tastes, which makes us increasingly worried about food hygiene. Therefore, if we learn some baking tips, we can make cakes ourselves when we want to eat them, which is much more reassuring.
Sea sponge cake is popular among the public because of its fluffy and delicate texture, its softness is like a sponge, which melts in your mouth and makes you addicted to it after one bite.
Today we introduce the full egg beating method, which is a little simpler and doesn't require much effort. Even baking beginners can easily master it.
Ingredients needed to make sea sponge cake: 60 grams of low-gluten flour, 2 eggs, 50 grams of white sugar, 20 grams of butter, 20 grams of milk
Below is the detailed process:
1. Heat a pot of water to about 40 degrees Celsius, slightly warm. Place another pot on top of the water and beat two eggs into it, along with 50 grams of white sugar.
2. Beat the mixture with a whisk until the sugar is completely dissolved, then increase the speed of the whisk to make the egg mixture lighter and fluffier in color
3. Take out the meringue, melt the butter over low heat. Add 60 grams of low-gluten flour to the meringue and beat until no dry powder is visible, then scoop a spoonful of flour into the melted butter and stir until it is well combined, then pour the flour mixture back into the meringue and stir until well combined.
4. Line the bottom of the mold with parchment paper, then pour the cake batter into the mold, making sure the batter is evenly spread so that the shaped cake looks good.
5. Place the cake batter in the oven at 170 degrees Celsius for 30-40 minutes, until the surface is golden brown, take out the baked cake carefully, demould it with the right side up, and let it cool before removing the parchment paper.
