Fluffy, soft and moist. Best to top with a dollop of ice cream or honey and enjoy!
Author Ann Low
Prep Time 15 minutesmins
Cook Time 20 minutesmins
Total Time 35 minutesmins
Course Breakfast
Cuisine French
Difficulty Easy
Servings 0
Ingredients
70mlfresh milk
15gbutter
2egg yolks - medium size eggs, about 62-65g egg with shell
1tspvanilla extract
20gcake flour or plain flour
1tspcorn flour (starch)
2egg whites
1tsplemon juice
30gcaster sugar
Instructions
Pour milk into a pot, add butter and bring to about to boil at low heat till butter melted. Off heat.
Drop in egg yolks, quickly stir well and add vanilla extract, stir well again.
Sieve in cake flour and cornstarch, stir well with a hand whisk to smooth. Then pass batter through a sieve.
Whisk egg whites with lemon juice to foamy and add sugar in 3 batches, continue to whisk to stiff peaks form.
Gently fold 1/3 of the meringue into the egg yolk batter. Then return it to the remaining meringue and gently fold well mixture.
Pour batter into a 5 inch baking dish bowl (no need to grease bowl) and bake in preheated oven at 170 degrees C for 10 minutes. Take out pan from oven and quickly use a sharp knife to slit cross on cake. Return pan to the oven and continue to bake for another 10-12 minutes.
Dust some icing sugar or snow powder over soufflé and serve immediately. Best to top with a dollop of ice cream or honey. Enjoy!
Notes
If you prefer to bake this souffle in ramekin, then grease the cup with butter and coat generously with caster sugar. You don't have to slit the top if you're using ramekin.
Please keep in mind that all oven temperatures and baking time varies.