Black Tea Dust Sponge Cake

It has been more than 5 months since I last posted in my blog 😉  But ... I continue to post most of my recipes in my IG and TikTok as  I could post them directly from my phone. To post in my blog, I have to open my laptop, and I am not quite use to using the narrow keyboard of the laptop. I still prefer to type using my desktop computer 😉

I have baked this cake a few times and I love the mild tea flavour 😋

Video posted in my IG :

Video of the cake in IG

INGREDIENTS

Fresh Egg, 54~56g each, cold

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[A]

10g rice bran oil 

10g unsalted butter

[B]

30g top/cake flour 

3g corn flour/starch

[C]

30g reduced-sugar soy milk/milk

5g honey

1/4 tsp vanilla extract 

[D]

2 egg yolks

[E]

2 egg whites

Pinch of low-sodium salt

13g fine sugar

15g raw sugar/fine sugar

3g corn starch 

[F]

1g black tea dust from 1/2 teabag

Pan size: 199x73x65mm paper cake pan

DIRECTIONS

1. Heat [A] till reaching 75 to 80°C, 

fold in [B] using a silicone spatula.

2. Mix in [C] mixture into a thick and sticky paste.

3. Add [D] in one go into a smooth paste. Let the milk-yolk batter set aside.

4. In a clean, dry and oil-free mixing bowl, beat egg whites of [E] till frothy before adding low-sodium salt

followed by both sugars. 

Beat the meringue till reaching firm peak stage. Sprinkle corn starch over and mix using an electric mixer for a few seconds.

5. Take about 1/4 of meringue to mix with the milk-yolk paste from Step (3) till smooth. 

Pour the mixture back to mix with the remaining meringue into a smooth batter.

6. Pour about 1/2 of the batter into the cake pan. 

 

Mix the remaining batter with [F] before pouring into the cake pan.

Run a stick through the batter to break up any trapped air bubbles.

7. Bake at middle rack of a preheated oven toaster at 150°C for 30 minutes, or till the cake is cooked through.

8. While the cake is still hot, invert over a cooling rack for about 1 hour. 

9. Cut the cake after it has completely cooled down. Enjoy 😋