2 Classic Chiffon Cake recipes

[mattl]

I scanned the ads from the back of these recipes so I thought I post the flip side. I LOVE chiffon cakes, I think I'm the only one nowadays that still makes them, these date from '48...

First up is a basic cake, but if you note at the end it has browned butter icing, something I've never had, might be worth a try.

 

[mattl]

Now, for the chocolate lover....

Here is the more traditional style using a 10" tube pan....

 

[jamiel]

I believe that someone came up with the basic recipe (sponge cake plus oil) then sold the formula to General Mills, who then touted it as the next coming. If you look at a Betty Crocker cookbook of the era, you see how they marketed the heck out of the improvements in ingredients over the years...things like emulsified shortenings...

 

[kevin313]

I love chiffon cakes! These never fail to make people happy when one is presented at the table. The chocolate recipe looks particularly good - it's going on the "to bake" list! Thanks for these!

 

[mixfinder]

Sell that Oil

When Wesson oil was working to make inroads into the shortening market they developed this cake which was co marketed with Softasilk cake flour.  The cakes were as instant hit because of the heavenly heights to which they aspired, weren't as precise as an Angel Food, didn't leave you with left over yolks and can be flavored with just about anything.  I also love sponge cakes for the etherial mouth feel and because the cakes can hold up to cup of liquid after baked to infuse liquor, citrus and increase moistness.  When ever I make a Black Forest Cake which was originally a Genoise, I use the chocolate sponge cake recipe baking it three 9 inch  layer pans and invert them after baking.  Sponge cakes both baked and steamed are extremely popular with the Asian culture that has been making them for hundreds of years without oil.  The cross over is close enough that they are well recived at family events with my inlaws.

Cakes baked with oil tends to attract moisture after baking like carrot cake and other fast and easy one pan cakes using oil instead of shortening.

 

[mattl]

Growing up chiffon cakes were always used for Birthdays, holidays and most any celebration. My mother was the queen of chiffon cakes, in the folder I got these from there must be 20 or 30 or more, all slight variations on each other. One of my favorites for mid winter is a citrus based baked Alaska type cake, makes you feel like Spring is coming.

 

[mixfinder]

Browned Butter

Slower is better.  I put the butter in a pan and put it on the burner on Simmer.  It takes about 20 minutes until the butter separates with the curds browning on the bottom and the whey floating to the top.  Indians call the skimmed browned butter Ghee.  Save it all scraping up any bits.  Use it as a base for icings, serving over vegetable, drizzling on popcorn or any where you might use melted butter.  Allow the butter to cool and harden and it can be used in any recipe calling for room temperature butter in baking.  It has a wonderful deep flavor that imparts ever more richness to butter fat.  You'll pick up more of the acidic notes of the buttermilk from sweet cream butter.  I miss the pertwang of old fashioned butters before we went to a bland one size fits all approach to butter across the country.

[this post was last edited: 6/7/2011-16:23]

 

[washerboy]

thanks!!

Thanks for sharing!!! I love vintage receipies. My only complaint is I just got 30 pounds off from my quit smoking withdrawals...now I've got these 2 cakes to try plus the pineapple pie. I had made plans to make the pineapple pie for Memorial Day but had to shelf it because someone else made something/ the holiday meal was going to be all sweets and no sides. Did anyone notice it serves "8-10"? I would probably have a second choice offering if I were having 8-10 guest for a dinner. Makes me think of those 2 ugly words....portion controll...LOL!!!

 

[magic clean]

Matt an enthusiastic

note of thanks! Prepared and baked the "Cocoa Chiffon" and it turned out great. Nice and light for a summer treat.

 

[spiralator60]

Sunburst Chiffon Cake

Matt,

 

Thanks for sharing these recipes.  The Sunburst Chiffon recipe looks really good, but the image in your post cuts off Step 3. Is it possible to show the missing section(s)?  (Please?) Thanks!

 

[franksdad]

Yummmmm!

Thanks Matt for sharing.  The chocolate chiffon cake is on my "to bake" list also!  The sunburst chiffon would be great with a scoop of lemon ice cream!  Starting back on Atkins is not looking too promising any time soon!

 

And Washerboy---congratulations on quitting smoking!  

 

[launderess]

I've Got That Vintage Betty Crocker Cookbook

And am here to tell you looking at all those recipes it explains allot about the levels of heart disease seen in later decades! *LOL*

 

[kimball455]

They look YUMMMMMYYYYY

Once the heat wave leave Cool Cape May I will give them a try.
Harry