This is a low sugar customized chocolate chiffon cake for a dear friend who wanted a healthy cake for her hubby who loves chocolate and loves to jog. The design is inspired by a silhouette of a man running across the evening sun freely against the skyline of buildings. I miss the days when I can jog freely myself (I loved jogging)! :)
As she specifically requested for lower sugar, the amount of sugar in this chocolate chiffon recipe is about 66.7% compared to most recipes for the same amount of cocoa. The amount of flour and liquid is also slightly reduced compared to them. She shared that the chocolate chiffon was delicious, not overly sweet and oily like most chocolate cake. They liked it very much that the two of them finished everything! It's also less 'holey' than my older chocolate chiffon cakes. So I'll like to share it here. The trick is some baking soda (thanks to Peixin). The recipe is adapted from Ellena guan whose recipes I love :).
Chocolate Chiffon Cake (Low sugar, for 17 cm chiffon tin)
3 egg yolks
25g sugar
45g vegetable oil
50 ml boiled water
5 ml vanilla extract
60g cake flour
20g cocoa powder
1/3 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp baking soda
A pinch of salt
4 egg whites
45g sugar
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
1. Preheat oven to 160°C (I used steam baking but it's optional).
2. Beat egg yolks with sugar with whisk till pale yellow before stirring in oil, water and vanilla extract.
3. Add in sieved flour, cocoa and baking powder and soda, and whisk till no trace of flour found.
4. Meringue: Beat the egg whites with ¼ tsp cream of tartar till stiff peak, mixing in caster sugar in 2 additions.
5. Fold in the meringue gently into the batter 1/3 at a time.
6. Scoop the batter into the chiffon tin and gently tap the tin on table to remove air bubbles
7. Bake the cake for 15 min at 160°C then 15 min at 150°C and 15 min at 140°C.
8. Invert immediately once out of the oven and leave to cool on cooling rack.
9. Unmould after the cake is cool.
I rarely have pictures of the cut cake, so I got this picture thanks to her! They loved the surprise in the cake! Hehe ^_^
Happy belated birthday to Cheow Kian (and thank you Pei Ping)!
With love,
Susanne
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