Yellow Chiffon Cake

Ingredients

10 egg yolks
1 1/3 C sugar
1/4 t salt
1 T orange zest
1/3 C orange juice
3/4 C boiling water
1 2/3 C flour
1 1/2 t baking powder

Instructions

Beat the egg yolks with a mixer for about 4 minutes until they become a light pastel yellow.

Very very slowly drizzle in the sugar. Add salt and orange zest, Sift in half of the flour measured mixing on medium low speed with your mixer. Turn mixer off.

Mix juice and boiling water together. Add half of the juice water to the batter slowly while stirring fast with a whisk. Sift in the rest of the flour and baking powder and fold into the batter. Now fold in the rest of the juice water, mixing well but only enough to combine the ingredients smoothly.

Pour into ungreased angel food cake pan ( with the hole in the middle ). Shake the pan to release bubbles and distribute batter evenly.

Bake at 320 F ( 160 C ) for 45 - 50 minutes. Cool cake before inverting.

 

 

  
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