Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Marbled Orange Chocolate Chiffon


Zesty, chocolaty, orangy! Combined into a 21 cm tube pan what could go wrong? my latest experiment with chocolate and orange combi is a marbled chiffon cake! i had seen a couple of posts on marbled chiffon and they looked really pretty i decided to give it a try and more pics for you peeps!







I love the marble effect texture wise soft and fluffy, sweetness is just right with the chocolate being bitter sweet and orange zesty sweet i love this! Thanks to Jessie of Hearty Bakes for sharing these 2 recipes!

I'm submitting this post to Aspiring Bakers #1: Chiffon Cakes (Nov 2010) hosted by Small Small Baker.

Marbled Orange Chocolate Chiffon
(adapted from Hearty Bakes at here & here with slight modifications)

Ingredients for Orange Chiffon Batter
 2 yolks
40g castor sugar
40ml vegetable oil
80g cake flour
80ml freshly squeeze orange juice
zest of 2 oranges

4 egg whites
30g castor sugar

Method
  1. Whisk yolks and sugar until sugar dissolved.
  2. Add oil, orange juice, orange zest and stir till combined.
  3. Sieve in cake flour and stir to combine.
  4. Using a electric beater, whisk egg whites and sugar until stiff peaks forms.
  5. Fold 1/3 egg whites into yolk mixture gently, followed by the remaining egg whites.
  6. Set aside. Preheat oven at 170°C.
Ingredients for Chocolate Chiffon
(A)
30g semi-sweet chocolate (i used cadbury gold 70% cocoa)
50ml oil

(B)
2 egg yolks
40g sugar

(C)
80ml water

(D)
40g cake flour
40g cocoa powder

(E)
4 egg whites
30g sugar

Method
  1. Double-boil (A), stir till combined and set aside to cool.
  2. Whisk (B) till pale in color, stir in chocolate mixture from step 1.
  3. Add (C) and whisk till combined.
  4. Sieve in (D)
  5. Whisk (E) till medium peaks.
  6. Fold in 1/3 egg whites into the egg/chocolate mixture gently, followed by the remaining egg whites.Set aside.
Now prepare a 21cm tube pan, following the pictures below to create the marbled effect chiffon, baked in the preheated oven at 170°C for 50mins. Remove from oven once done and over turn the pan to cool the chiffon.

*Note to prevent the top of the chiffon over browning, cover the top of the tube pan with a piece of aluminum foil.

 (picture taken from Alex Goh Fruity Cakes)

49 comments:

Wen said...

Beautiful Marble effect! Looks soft, cottony and fine!

茄子 said...

The cake looks perfect! well done!

j3ss kitch3n said...

thanks wen and 茄子!!

DG said...

Perfect Chiffon! Your marble chiffon cake has fabulous looking.

j3ss kitch3n said...

thank you DG!

hanushi said...

Wah, you did the two batter separately? Nice effort and effect!!! :)

Want to ask you do you cover the top of the tube pan with a piece of aluminum foil before you put in the oven or during the baking? :)

j3ss kitch3n said...

hanushi, thanks and yes i did the 2 batter separately.

I cover the top of the tube pan halfway through the baking when the top starts to look done then at the last 10mins of the baking time i remove the foil again for a evenly brown top. hope this helps!

Lorraine @NotQuiteNigella said...

The texture looks amazing! Really well done! :o

j3ss kitch3n said...

thanks lorraine!

Small Small Baker said...

Thanks for joining and supporting this event! Your chiffon looks great! I like the marbling effect. :)

j3ss kitch3n said...

its my pleasure SSB!

Von said...

This looks really good! I've only made chiffon cake once before- and it was delicious! Your texture looks amazing! And it's really pretty too =)

j3ss kitch3n said...

thanks von =)

lena said...

the marbling effect on the chiffon looks great! i think many are taking part in this aspiring bakers event..it's the 3rd one i'm seeing now tonight.

j3ss kitch3n said...

thanks lena, yup there are many taking part would you join in too?

Honey Bee Sweets said...

I love the orange and chocolate flavor combo, it's actually quite good! Thanks for sharing this. :))

elpi said...

another fluffy chiffon treat. . .I like this one also pine apple and orange flavor. Great job

j3ss kitch3n said...

my pleasure bee!

elpi thanks for dropping by!

Viv said...

this looks great (and so pretty too)! i just can imagine how light and fluffy they must taste!

Susan: My Food Obsession said...

'Chiffon' is such an elegant name for a cake, don't you think? I've never made one but look forward to giving it a go, your marbled cake looks great :)

Sanjeeta kk said...

Wow! Lovely cake, great that I came here. Beautiful flavors for this gorgeous cake. Would try it soon. Best wishes.

j3ss kitch3n said...

thanks vivienne!

Susan and Sanjeeta thanks for the sweet compliments and for dropping by!

tigerfish said...

Chocolate and orange are "secret" lovers...hee heee...mysterious and in "love". Love this zesty chocolatey soft and fluffy cake.

j3ss kitch3n said...

lol tigerfish you're so adept in the description to the cake itself!

Zoe said...

Perfect! I can see that the cake has a great fluffy texture. Yummy...

Pei-Lin said...

Goodness! The chiffon looks very good!! I like the marbles ... very interesting ...

Btw, your shots are very good!! Keep it up!

Joyti said...

That looks exquisite - and SO delicious!

j3ss kitch3n said...

zoe hehe thanks!

pei-line thanks and i am still trying very hard on my shots!

Indie.Tea thanks and for dropping by too!

Your #1 Fan said...

Wonderful combination. And the cake is so beautiful, not to mention that it looks perfectly soft, tall and fluffy. Drooling here...wish I can have a few slices. =P
Thanks for sharing.

j3ss kitch3n said...

anytime jet =D

Angie's Recipes said...

Beautiful! I am going to try the recipe as I am a huge fan of airy chiffon cakes!

Anonymous said...

Wow! Amazing Chiffon! You have a wonderful blog and I will be following. I can see your passionate about baking, as I am! Great Post and I will have to try that wonderful recipe. You can never have to many chiffon recipes. I love that cake!

j3ss kitch3n said...

angie hope to see your post soon!

Angela thanks for dropping by and your sweet compliments =)

mr. pineapple man said...

looks amazing~ u need to come back to blogging!

j3ss kitch3n said...

thanks pineapple man lol i'm trying my very best to post as much as possible! but work does not permits!

Little Inbox said...

Chocolate adds flavor to the cake. Looks good!

j3ss kitch3n said...

thanks little inbox for dropping by! =)

ann low said...

WOW! That's very beautiful chiffon cake.

j3ss kitch3n said...

thanks ann! yours is the pretty one though i love your green tea stencil decoration!

Jean said...

good job! the swirls are lovely and very natural looking. yumyum!!

j3ss kitch3n said...

thanks jean for dropping by and your sweet compliments!

Unknown said...

Orange & chocolate, perfect combination... but need to make the batter 2 times... me lazy leh.. hehe

j3ss kitch3n said...

neyeeloh i also lazy but once in awhile ok lah hehe

Ayu said...

hi, jess,
very nice marble effect there, would like to try this one of this days..thank u for sharing.

j3ss kitch3n said...

thanks Ayu for your sweet compliments please do try!

Yummy Bakes said...

This soft and good.

Janice Hcc said...

ur Chiffon cake look nice...thans for sharing.

j3ss kitch3n said...

yummy thank you!

Janice thanks for dropping by and your compliments!

Sharon said...

That chiffon cake looks SO good. I love it but I can NEVER fold in egg whites well.

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