Since I had a large bag of frozen raspberries, I decided to share some recipes with raspberries in the next few posts, so that I can use them up quickly. The first recipe was the raspberry panna cotta that I posted two weeks ago, and the second one here is raspberry chiffon cake that is soft, light, and the taste is perfect; a little citrusy and refreshing. It also looks pretty with little white chocolate stars on top of the cake to wow your guests when served during the Christmas holidays!
Place raspberries and sugar in a small pot and boil at medium heat. Stir constantly for about 5 minutes and mash raspberries with a rubber spatula or a spoon. Then press raspberries through a strainer to extract as much liquid as possible and set aside to cool.
Instructions
In a large bowl, mix egg yolks, sugar and oil well with a hand whisk. Add raspberry puree, lemon juice and lemon zest, mix well again. Sift in plain flour and mix well.
Whisk egg whites till frothy, gradually add in the sugar in batches. Continue beating till egg whites are stiff but not dry.
Add ⅓ of the egg whites into the raspberry mixture, fold well with a rubber spatula. Then gently fold in the rest of egg whites till combined.
Pour the batter into a 18cm chiffon tube pan and bake in preheated oven 180 deg C for 15 mins, then lower temperature to 160 deg C and bake another 30-35 mins.
Invert cake immediately on a wire rack to cool completely before unmoulding.