Rice Flour Chiffon Cake
This yummy gluten free Rice Flour Chiffon Cake is airy, light with soft tender crumb. Very suitable for those that are allergic to wheat flour and perfect for tea break!.
Ingredients
- 4 egg yolks - used 60g egg with shell
- 70 g caster sugar
- 40 ml milk
- 40 ml corn oil
- 50 g rice flour
- 2 tbsp corn flour (starch)
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp Valrhona cocoa powder
Meringue
- 4 egg whites
- 1/2 tsp cream of tartar - or salt
- 50 g caster sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven temperature to 160 deg C. Mix rice flour and corn flour together in a bowl, set aside.
- In a bowl, combine egg yolks and sugar, mix well with a hand whisk. Add milk and vanilla extract, mix well followed by corn oil and blend well. Sift in rice flour and corn flour into the egg mixture and stir well.
- Take out 6 tablespoons of plain egg yolk mixture into another bowl (A) and set aside. Sift in 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder into the remaining plain egg yolk mixture (bowl B), mix well and set aside.
- Make meringue - Beat egg whites and cream of tartar until foamy. Add sugar in 3 separate rounds beat until egg whites are glossy, with stiff peaks.
- Add 7 tablespoons of beaten egg whites into plain egg yolk mixture (bowl A), fold well gently with a rubber spatula. Then the remaining egg whites (in two portions) to the cocoa mixture (bowl B), fold well.
- Spoon 2-3 heapful tablespoons of the cocoa batter into the center of a 7 inch removable cake pan (do not grease the pan). Add 1 tablespoon of plain batter on top. Continue doing this until all the mixture has been used. Then lightly swirl the batter with a chopstick.
- Bake in lower second rack of preheated oven for about 35-40 minutes. Invert cake immediately on a wire rack to cool completely before unmoulding
Notes
You can use slightly larger egg (70g) with the same ingredients for a 20cm chiffon tube pan. Baking time is about 45-50 minutes.
Please keep in mind that all oven temperatures and baking time varies
Nutrition
Calories: 144kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 5gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 131mgSodium: 42mgPotassium: 102mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 184IUCalcium: 23mgIron: 1mg
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