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LEMON CHIFFON CAKE / லெமன் சிஃப்பான் கேக் (VIDEO AND TEXT RECIPE)

Hi,
Made this refreshing lemon chiffon cake recently when there was too many lemons crying to be used.
The cake was fluffy, soft, bouncing with lime refreshment .
The easy recipe is below,

INGREDIENTS:
Maida – 1/2 cup
Baking powder – 1 tsp.
Sugar – 1/2 cup.
Egg – 3
Oil – 3 tblsp.
Lemon juice – 1 tblsp.
Lemon zest – 1 tblsp.
Water – 3 tblsp.

METHOD :

For your easy ref  ,here is the cooking video,
  1. Sieve flour, baking powder twice ( sieving gives you fluffy cakes).
  2. Along with that mix 1/4 cup sugar.
  3. Separate egg white and egg yolks.
  4. Add egg yolks to above flour mix and beat well.
  5. Along with that oil, lemon juice, lemon zest, water and beat till no lumps.
  6. In a separate vessel add egg white and beat till foams.
  7. At this stage add balance 1/4 cup sugar and beat till stiff peaks forms.
  8. Add this egg mixture to flour mix and mix with spatula.
  9. Grease the baking tray base with butter and flour only, don't grease on sides.
  10. Pour the batter on greased pan and bake 160”C @ 35 mins.
  11. Let the cake cool down to room temperature .
  12. Slice and enjoy.
    Happy Cooking!! 







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