Carrot Orange Mini Butter Cake

When you just want to have a munch of butter cake yet do not wish to open a big oven to bake a small cake, a cake waffle maker may be a good choice. Just one egg, 3 cubes of butter, and a couples of simple ingredients, you can bake about 12 to 14 mini butter cakes - enough for a family of 4👦👧👨👩 

The mini butter cakes have a nice aroma coming from the well caramelized crust and the orange peel in the crumb. The carrot juice, though could not really taste it, lent a nice yellow tone to the cake crumb. The baking time was much faster than the normal butter cake baked in a loaf pan - less than 10 minutes per tray 😀

I use carrot juice as I happened to have one bottle of carrot juice in the fridge. While for the orange peels, I always keep some wrapped in cling wraps (about 5g each) in the freezer in case I need to bake an orange flavour cake.

Yield: about 12 to 14 mini cakes

Equipment: Bear Electric Cake Waffles

All ingredients in room temperature.

Ingredients A

30g unsalted butter, softened

25g raw sugar

Ingredients B

1 egg, 55 to 57g

5g raw sugar

Ingredients C

25g top/cake flour

10g plain flour plus/plain flour

5g milk powder

1g baking powder

pinch of salt

Ingredients D

8g golden syrup/honey

8g carrot/orange juice

5g orange peel, finely chopped*

* orange peel can be replaced by 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

1. Mix ingredients C in a small bowl. Set aside.

2. Mix ingredients D in a small cup. Set aside.

3. Beat egg under Ingredient B till frothy, add 5g of raw sugar, and continue to beat till pale. Set aside.

4. Cream Ingredient A till light and pale.

5. Gradually mix in beaten egg from Step 3.

6. Fold in the flour mixture from Step 1.

7. Mix in the carrot juice mixture from Step 2 into a smooth batter.

8. Apply a thin coat of oil to both the upper and lower plates of the mini waffle maker before turning on the power. Wait for the green indicator light to light up, then off again.
Add about 1 teaspoon of batter to each moulds, and close the lid.

Let the batter heat for about 5 to 6 minutes depending on the degree of brown you prefer for the cake crust to be.

Flip the mini cakes over, close the lid again, and bake for another 1 to 2 minutes to brown the other faces of the cakes.

9. Remove the mini cakes from the waffle maker, and let them cool down slightly. Enjoy 😋

Mini Condensed Milk Butter Cake

I bought a mini waffle maker recently. Tried a few recipes and found this recipe the best in taste and the cake did not shrink after cooling down. The mini cakes had a crispy crust when hot, but softened after cooling down for a period of time. In spite of the reduced crispiness, the overall good taste of the cake remained 😋

Yield: about 14 mini cakes
Equipment: PowerPac mini waffle maker

Ingredients
All ingredients in room temperature
Using Omega 3&6 egg

1 egg  white
pinch of salt
30g caster sugar

1 egg yolk

20g top flour
15g Prima Plain Flour Plus/plain flour
1g milk powder, optional
1g baking powder

10g unsalted butter, melted
5g condensed milk

8g milk

Directions
1. Mix top flour, plain flour plus, milk powder and baking powder in a small bowl. Set aside.

2. Warm and melt the butter with condensed milk and milk. Cool down before use.

3. In a clean, dry and grease-free mixing bowl, beat egg white till frothy before adding pinch of salt, and gradually add in the caster sugar. Beat the meringue till glossy and reaching firm peak.
Blend in the egg yolk.

4. Sieve the flour mixture from Step 1 to  mix with the batter.

5. Transfer about 3 tablespoons of batter to mix with the melted butter mixture from Step 2. Mix using a whisk.

Pour the butter batter back to mix with the main batter into smooth form.

Transfer the batter to a beaker with a spout for easy pouring out later. Let the batter stands for about 15 minutes.

6. Apply a thin coat of oil to both the upper and lower plates of the mini waffle maker before turning on the power. Wait for the green indicator light to light up, then off again.
Pour in the batter to each moulds, and close the lid.

Let the batter heat for about 8 to 9 minutes depending on the degree of brown you prefer for the cake crust.

Enjoy 😋