Cake Bread (Loaf)

I have always tempted to try to make this. After viewing some blogs on how-to make this, I decided to bake it today using my super-duper soft 5C dough.

How-to make 5C: Refer to this LINK

Using the amount of dough I normally used, I manage to do 3 types of bun:

1. Subway DIY long loaf 
2. 7 inches round Man-tou style bun 
3. Cake bread (loaf) 

In this blog post, I'll be focusing on how-to make cake bread. 

Cake Bread

Recipe altered from: Carol's and Stella Pang's 

 

Something you should know: This type of loaf is actually made up of bread and cake. So, there are 2 parts which you need to do here. The bread and the cake. You start with the bread first. Then, the cake. Time yourself well. You don't want to over poof your bread and deflate your cake. 

Bread recipe: 

Refer to HERE

Cake recipe:

Ingredients A: 

2 egg yolks

10g sugar

10g Canola cooking oil

15g milk 

25g cake flour (low protein flour)

10g cocoa powder 

Ingredients B:

2 egg whites 

1/3 teaspoon of cream of tartar

20g sugar 

Steps:

1. Mix ingredients A until well blended one by one to form egg yolk batter. 
2. Whisk the egg white batter until you achieve stiff peak. The egg white batter is done. 
3. Fold egg white batter into egg yolk batter.
4. Bake at preheated oven at 140 degree Celsius for 30 minutes/until cooked. 

The above recipe is actually a Chiffon cake recipe. I've written many times. So, I'm simplifying it. If you do not understand, please refer back to my other Chiffon cake recipes. The steps are similar.

Almost there - it's the thin membrane from kneaded dough 

Some say you need to knead until there's no tear at all 

but seriously, this is good enough if you're using this recipe

Flatten the dough and roll it up to the same width as the container. 

It'll expand and then, pour the cake batter on top of it after that.

Whisking the egg white 

I normally do the egg yolk first but I'm making everything very quickly today.

Furthermore, it requires only 2 eggs. 

So, I'm challenging myself to whip the egg white first.

If you're not familiar with Chiffon cake making, I advise you begin with the egg yolk batter.

The process of preparing egg yolk batter.

Mixing the batter together. 

Pour over the top of the bread.

Spread evenly using a spatula to ensure your cake doesn't crack that much when it's baking.

I sprinkled some Almond nibs on top since I have so much of them - 

Before baking 

After baking - 

When you are baking all 3 together, you need to control how long you are baking - 

The cake bread needs longer baking time as compared to the other two types of bun.

This tastes really good.

It's fun to eat this too - 

You're tearing the bread off while you're eating. 

It's chewy and just like how you bought from the bakery.

The empty filing DIY subway loaf.