Sweet Pound Cake: A Confectionery-Flavored Treat

Pound cake

This time, I made a pound cake with extra sugar (about a 10% increase).

The result was a cake with a distinctly confectionery flavor. Adding milk (10g) also made the cut surface moist and visually appealing.

Japanese link: Pound Cake Recipe

Pound Cake Recipe: Ingredients

# Ingredients Grams (g) Calories (kcal) Price (yen) Notes
1 Egg 60 91 ¥20 1 medium egg
2 Flour 50 184 ¥10
3 Rice bran oil 20 184 ¥17
4 Sugar 60 232 ¥18
5 Milk 10 7 ¥2
(Total) 200g 698kcal ¥67

Calories and prices are approximate values.

I used rice bran oil this time, but any oil with a neutral flavor is fine. If you use one with a strong scent (like olive oil), it will significantly affect the final taste.

Pound Cake Recipe: Instructions

(1) I beat the egg whites with a hand mixer for about 1-2 minutes. Once stiff peaks formed, I added 20g of sugar and mixed again for a few more seconds until they became glossy and white (the sugar helps prevent the meringue from collapsing).

(2) In a separate bowl from the meringue, I added one egg yolk, 40g of sugar, 10g of milk, and 50g of flour and mixed well with a hand mixer. (If the batter is too stiff, you can add some of the meringue from step (1) to make it more watery).

(3) I added the meringue from (1) and the raisins to the mixture from (2) and stirred with a spatula until the color was uniform (being careful not to crush the meringue).

(4) I poured the mixture from (3) into the cake pan, tapped the bottom of the pan a dozen or so times to remove air bubbles, and placed it in the oven (after preheating). It was baked at 180°C for about 15 minutes and then at 170°C for about 15 minutes.

By the way, the baking time and temperature might depend on your oven’s performance. With my oven, 30 minutes at 180°C tends to burn the surface. At 160°C, it comes out a bit too pale.

It was delicious with a confectionery-like flavor.

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