Chocolate Cotton Sponge Cake

Chocolate Cotton Sponge Cake

巧克力棉花蛋糕

Ingredients:
5 egg yolks
1 egg
60g butter
80g dark chocolate
50ml milk
90g plain flour
1 tbsp cocoa powder (approx.8g)

5 egg whites
1/4tsp salt
100g castor sugar

Method:
1. Sieved flour and cocoa powder.
2. Melt butter, chocolate and milk using double boiled method and balloon whisk.
3. Remove and add in flour and cocoa powder and stir to mix evenly.
4. Gradually add in egg yolk and egg, mix and put aside.
5. In a clean bowl, beat egg whites using mixer.
6. Add in salt.
7. Add in sugar in 3 batches and beat until meringue formed.
8.  Fold in 1/3 meringue into chocolate batter and fold using balloon whisk until well combined.
9. Pour the batter into remaining meringue and keep folding using spatula.
10. Pour batter into cake tin and tap few times on worktop to release air bubbles.
11. Bake in preheated oven at 150c water bath method for 90mins.
10. Remove from cake tin immediately when done baking and let it cool down.

Source : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNw6NaxNLLU