Custard Cake
Custard Cake is made by steaming a cake mixture made by arranging caramelised sugar, custard mixture, cake mixture and meringue in layers. Custard mixture consist eggs, evaporated milk, vanilla extract and condensed milk, cake mixture is made by cake flour, egg yolks, sugar, milk, oil and baking powder, cake meringue is made by egg whites, sugar and cream of tartar. So follow this recipe to make the best custard cake for your family and friends.
Cooking custard cake can be a little daunting for some since this cake requires a lot of steps. From the caramel to the custard to the chiffon, you have to be very careful in completing the steps to avoid failure. Some people may also find baking this cake impossible since they have no oven. BUT! WORRY NO MORE! This recipe doesn’t require oven as we will use steaming method to make this.
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RECIPE NOTES
- You can also bake this recipe. FOR BAKING: Use bain-marie method or water bath baking method wherein the baking pan is placed in a larger baking tray and fill it with hot water. Bake at 180C for 50 to 60 minutes. Make sure that the oven is pre-heated.
- If you don’t have cream of tartar, you can use vinegar or lemon juice as alternative – just double the amount required. For this recipe, instead of 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar, use 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice or vinegar. Cream of tartar is used to stabilized the meringue and help in preventing from deflating.
- Make sure that your mixing bowl is clean and dry when making meringue. The oil or grease in the bowl may result to meringue not to achieve stiff peaks.
- You can caramelize the sugar directly in your baking pan especially if it is heat-proof. Just use low heat when caramelizing to avoid burning.
- You can make your own cake flour by combining all purpose flour and cornstarch. To make 1 cup cake flour: measure 1 cup all purpose flour. Then, remove 2 tablespoon of it. Replace it with 2 tablespoon cornstarch. Combine the flour and cornstarch.
Remarks
custard cake or this magic cake can be made by steaming and this recipe will guide you to make a magic cake by step by step procedure. This is 3 layer magic cake and really tasty in cakes and custard and is custard sponge cake