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Mango Yoghurt Chiffon Cake




Baked this Mango Yoghurt Chiffon Cake some time back but only managed to locate the notes and post this today.  I like to try out different flavours of chiffon cake as I find it light and not filling with less oil and I can indulge in more without batting an eye lid!
If you wish to know more about Chiffon cakes and the difference between Chiffon cakes and Angel food cakes, do hop over to Joy of Baking and you'll be enlightened.

















I can never get tired of Chiffon Cakes, just love the soft, not too sweet and spongy texture.  What about you?

Recipe for Mango Yoghurt Chiffon Cake  (adapted from Anncoojournal)


Ingredients
(A) 120 gm superfine flour
      1/2  Tbsp baking powder
      1/2  tsp salt
      5 egg yolks
      30 gm  caster sugar
      40 ml canola/corn oil
      135 ml mango yoghurt
      3  Tbsp fresh mango puree
      100 gm fresh mango bits

(B) 5 egg whites
      40 gm caster sugar
      1/2  tsp cream of tartar

Method
  1. Sift flour, baking powder and salt, set aside.
  2. In  a large bowl, use the handwhisk to mix egg yolks and sugar till sugar has dissolved.  Then add in vegetable oil, yoghurt, mango puree, mix well, then finally add in the mango bits.
  3. Stir this into the flour mixture, mix till well combined.
  4. In a clean bowl, whisk egg whites with cream of tartar till foamy, gradually add in sugar, whisk till glossy and firm but not dry peaks form.
  5. Lower speed, slowly pour the egg mixture into the egg whites to just combined.  Stop the machine and use a spatula, roughly mix the batter and pour into the ungreased 22 cm chiffon cake pan.
  6. Bake in a preheated oven @ 170 deg C for 30 mins., then lower temperature to 160 deg C for another 15 mins. Test with a skewer till it comes out clean.
  7. Remove from oven and immediately invert cake onto a wire rack to cool.
  8. Once cooled, unmould the cake and let it cool completely.


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Comments

  1. Last time i prefer butter cake but now i try to slowly switch to chiffon since they are more healthier than butter cake, light and soft! Love this mango flavour of chiffon !

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    1. Chiffon is my first preference, not so fattening.

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  2. Yes, I love eating chiffon cakes too because they are so much lighter than buttercakes and of course less calories too! Your cake looks so evenly baked and I like the mango bits you've added.

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    1. Thank you Jeannie. Surfing the net to look for more flavours of chiffon to try out.

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  3. That's a perfect chiffon cake! I love chiffon cake too and thinking of making one soon :)

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  4. Cheah...you are really sifu when it comes to making chiffon cake...I can never make it stand tall :))) salute to you ! Well done and I am sure your mango chiffon tasted good. I can eat one whole cake to myself and what more mango flavor !

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    1. I'm not sifu, momsie, still learning the tricks. This cake is yummy. Must try the one with dragon fruit but have so many recipes on my to-do list so this must take a back seat for the moment.

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  5. Wow.. it's been a long time since I made chiffon cake.. Yours looks so good that it's tempting me to try one soon...

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    1. Thanks for dropping by Joyce. Yes, perhaps it's time that you make one.

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  6. A perfect chiffon cake! Yup, chiffon cake is definitely a healthy cake. A slice of it will never be satisfying enough and so must eat more.

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  7. awesome cake.....looks Great and lovely presentation. Very very nice!

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    1. Thank you. Nice of you to drop by. Will hop over to your blog soon.

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  8. I like bake chiffon with yogurt too. It yields softer texture. Lovely chiffon with mango flavour. Nice!

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    1. I agree with you but sometimes adding in yoghurt can be quite tricky, if too much the chiffon will collapse!

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  9. i'm not tired of eating chiffon too, light and not too filling! have you tried baking an angel cake? i wonder if the texture is even lighter and airer..

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  10. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luffa

    check this link 2 know abt ridgegourd dear.hope u will know..

    MAha

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    1. Oh, now you say it's Luffa, then I know. We call it by a different name here. Thanks.

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  11. I can never get tired of Chiffon Cakes too...

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  12. It has been ages since I made one of this cake but I only got a pair of hands. You know, what I mean! haha....
    Kristy

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  13. This looks so lovely and I love mangoes, so have bookmarked this recipe!

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  14. I would like to try making this mango yoghurt chiffon cake and would like to verify with you on the amount of baking powder to add. You stated in your recipe to add 1/2 table spoon of baking powder, so if I'm making a bigger cake with 8 egg yolks & egg whites, do I increase the baking powder to 0.8 table spoon? Appreciate your advise. Thanks so much

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    1. For easy calculations,I would suggest that you increase the recipe by half, i.e. use 7.1/2 egg yolks and 7.1/2 egg whites. 1 Tbsp = 3 tsp, therefore 1/2 Tbsp = 1.1/2 tsp = 6/4 tsp baking powder. For 7.1/2 egg yolks/whites, you use 6/4 + 3/4 = 9/4 = 2.1/4 tsp baking powder. Do you have a bigger chiffon pan? Because using 7.1/2 egg yolks/whites will give you a much bigger cake. Weigh out the egg to get half, then cook the balance! Hope this helps!

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    2. Yes, I have a 25cm chiffon cake tin. Thank you so much for the advise. Have an enjoyable day!

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    3. Hi, I tried to bake this cake without much success. Is there a specific mango yoghurt that I should use? I followed the instructions strictly but it didn't quite look like this? The taste is also quite bland too. Is there a specific type of mango you used as well?

      Cheers, Ed

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    4. The mango yoghurt can be Dutch Lady or Nestle brand or any brand which is available in your region. I used home grown mango and unfortunately I don't know the the name of it.

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  15. Hi. I tried doing the same. But mine crack and it was wet and moist. Not really cooked. What problem could tt be? Thx!!

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    1. Hi! Maybe it's underbaked or you have deflated the egg whites. Also remember that the chiffon pan must not be greased at all. It's quite normal for the egg to crack. No harm in trying again.

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