Mini Green Tea Marble Chiffon Cake ~ 迷你绿茶戚风蛋糕

These mini flower chiffon cake moulds were a present from a good friend of mine.  They do look very cute and for the two cakes, I only used a 3 egg recipe.  But since I'm used to baking my chiffon cakes in a 23 cm mould, I must admit that I had some difficulty scooping the mixture into these mini pans.  This cake is soft and moist and being mini, they vanished in a relatively short time wihtout any leftovers!

Mini Green Tea Marble Chiffon Cake  ~  迷你绿茶戚风蛋糕

Ingredients (A)

• 3 egg yolks
• 40 gm caster sugar
• 25 ml milk
• 35 ml vegetable oil
• 50 gm plain flour ) Mix and sift together
• 15 gm cornflour   )
• 1.1/2 tsp Green tea powder

(B)

• 3 egg whites
• 35 gm caster sugar

Method

1. Sift the plain flour with the cornflour, mix well, set aside.
2. Whisk the egg yolks with sugar, then add in oil, milk.  Mix well.  Sift in the plain flour and cornflour mixture.  Mix till well incorporated.
3. In a clean bowl, beat egg whites till foamy, add in the sugar gradually and beat till peaks form but not dry.
4. Fold in 1/3 of the egg whites into the egg yolk batter, mix well.  Then pour this into the remaining egg whites.  Mix well.
5. Divide the mixture into two and sift in green tea powder into one portion, leave the other portion, plain.
6. Scoop the plain mixture, alternating with the green tea mixture into the ungreased chiffon cake pans.  Lightly tap the pans on the work top to dispel any air bubbles.
7. Bake in a preheated oven @  170 deg.C for about 25 mins., till golden brown.  Test with a skewer till it comes out clean.  Immediately invert the pans and let cool completely before removing by hand.