Egg White Zebra Cake






Ingredients: 
350g Cold Egg Whites (store in fridge before use)
2 Egg yolks
180g Sugar
30g Cold water
250g Plain flour
1 tsp Baking powder
1 tbsp SP or ovalette

200g Melted butter with 1/2 tsp vanilla powder

75g Almond powder

Method:
  • Prepare a 8" square lined cake tin.
  • Whisk cold egg whites, egg yolks, cold water, sugar, SP, plain flour and baking powder at high speed till thick.
  • Lastly add in melted butter and mix well.
  • Use spatula to fold in almond powder.
  • Separate 1/4 of the batter into one bowl, add 3 tsp chocolate emulco, 3 tsp chocolate paste and 2 tsp mocca paste or coffee paste and mix well.
  • Scoop 5 heaped tbsp of plain batter into the middle of the baking tin. Then scoop 3 tbsp of chocolate batter and add it in the center on top of the plain batter.
  • Continue alternating the batters until you finish them. Then using a skewer or bamboo stick, draw lines outwards and inwards from the center of the cake to make feather pattern.
  • Bake at pre-heated oven at 170C for about 45 mins.
  • Remove cake from cake tin after it is baked and allow to cool on wire rack before slicing.


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Kitchen note: Same recipe used in Swirl cake (here)

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