Chinese · Dessert
Egg Custard Cake
A Chinese bakery-style egg custard cake reworked into a high-protein build: whole egg, egg white and whey protein isolate replace much of the usual sugar and fat, baked into a light, eggy, custard-soft crumb inside a thin golden sponge shell.
$1
12 minsPrep
26 minsCook
53 minsTotal
MediumLevel
Nutrition per serving
247Calories
21.4gProtein
5.9gFat
25.6gCarbs
10.9gSugar
0.4gFiber
286mgSodium
191mgChol
2gSat Fat
211mgPotassium
132mgCalcium
1.7mgIron
0.7mcgVitamin B12
0.4mgVitamin C
0gPolyol
0gAllulose
0.5gAlcohol
Goes well with
Prosecco
local
Chinese Oolong Tea
international
vegetarian
sweet-spot
Instructions
1
Preheat the oven to 160°C and grease a 10cm round cake tin, lining the base with a disc of parchment.
2
Sift the flour, cornstarch and baking powder together into a bowl and set aside.
3
In a separate bowl, warm the skim milk gently (do not boil) and stir in the sugar until fully dissolved, then whisk in the evaporated milk and vanilla extract.
4
Whisk the whole egg and egg white together until pale and slightly foamy, about 1 minute, then whisk in the whey protein isolate until no lumps remain.
5
Pour the milk mixture into the egg mixture, whisking continuously to keep the custard smooth.
6
Fold the sifted dry ingredients into the wet mixture in two additions, mixing just until no streaks of flour remain.
7
Pour the batter into the prepared tin and tap gently on the counter to release large air bubbles.
8
Bake for 24-27 minutes until the top is golden and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean with a faint custardy wobble beneath the crust.
9
Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool for a further 15 minutes before slicing into 2 pieces.
Serves
2 portions ·
2 adults, 0 over 10, 0 under 10
Ingredients
- 1.1 oz30g sifted all purpose flour
- 0.2 oz6g cornstarch
- 0.1 oz2g baking powder
- 2 1/82 1/8 eggs, whisked (100g)
- 1 7/81 7/8 egg whites, whisked (60g)
- 0.7 oz20g whisked into egg mixture whey protein isolate
- 1.6 oz45g warmed slightly skim milk
- 0.7 oz20g evaporated milk
- 0.6 oz16g dissolved into warm milk sugar white
- 0.1 oz3g vanilla extract
