Don't you just love chiffon cakes?! Here's one we made for a dinner party - there are a number of steps, but it's a real crowd-pleaser!
Cherry "Pink Lady" Chiffon Cake
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Nice video as usual. Interesting to compare my technique and yours --I make chiffon cakes often. Pretty much the same method, except I always cut around the tube with a knife 5 times before it goes into the oven to remove air bubbles. Also I always server it the reverse of you, the top goes down on the plate... Plus, i gotta have frosting, a cooked white is my go to version.
Not a fan of cherries, so I made a chocolate version tonight after I saw your video, have not made that version in many years. Going to frost it with Kelly's cooked Richmond chocolate frosting - but that is for tomorrow. (I did sneak a few slices of the cake tonight though...)
Not a fan of cherries, so I made a chocolate version tonight after I saw your video, have not made that version in many years. Going to frost it with Kelly's cooked Richmond chocolate frosting - but that is for tomorrow. (I did sneak a few slices of the cake tonight though...)
Matt - thanks! I've never used a knife for air bubbles. Sometimes I serve mine like yours, with the "top" on the bottom, but that is when I use frosting. When I just put a little icing or glaze on the cake, I leave it top-side up because the top crust of the cake looks better than the bottom, which came off the pan. Maybe there is a "right" way, but I sure don't know what it is!!
Your chocolate version sounds great - especially with Kelly's frosting recipe!
Your chocolate version sounds great - especially with Kelly's frosting recipe!
whirlcool
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I think the "right way" to do it is the way which makes the cake come out the best! Cooking is so variable, that's why they call it the ART of cooking!
Ooo Kevin
thank you, I've always seen chiffon cakes as a mystery, now I'm gonna try one too !
thank you, I've always seen chiffon cakes as a mystery, now I'm gonna try one too !
twintubdexter
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Another very fine video with of course excellent results. I especially like your "clinging clinging clinging" demonstration. While there's nothing wrong with My Fair Lady especially at 50 cents, I would have chosen a different background album had it been available. Thanks for posting 
whirlcool
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Is a Chiffon cake like an Angel's Food Cake? It wasn't cut so I couldn't see the inside texture.
It's similar, but much more moist. The texture is quite different due to the addition of egg yolks and oil.
Chiffon cakes were a staple in our home growing up, I still make 4 or 5 variations frequently. It's interesting, now that I have added a '50s Sunbeam Model 12 to my collection - odds are the mixer that many of these recipes were developed using - I find that there is a subtle difference to the texture of the cake vs. the modern KA. For the KA I have the copper liner for whipping egg whites and it yields a bit bigger cake, but the texture is not as fine grained as the Sunbeam produces. Both whip whites well and firm, but i think the KA incorporates more air. With the Sunbeam the cake rises to about the top of the pan, with the KA it's easily an inch over at the highest point. Not sure which I prefer.
Chiffon cakes were a staple in our home growing up, I still make 4 or 5 variations frequently. It's interesting, now that I have added a '50s Sunbeam Model 12 to my collection - odds are the mixer that many of these recipes were developed using - I find that there is a subtle difference to the texture of the cake vs. the modern KA. For the KA I have the copper liner for whipping egg whites and it yields a bit bigger cake, but the texture is not as fine grained as the Sunbeam produces. Both whip whites well and firm, but i think the KA incorporates more air. With the Sunbeam the cake rises to about the top of the pan, with the KA it's easily an inch over at the highest point. Not sure which I prefer.
Well
Kevin & Ralph
I'm all set up to make your chiffon cake tomorrow. But I'm substituting fresh frozen MI cherries.
Wish me luck its my first chiffon cake and .. I did buy an extra bottle of wine too ~
Kevin & Ralph
I'm all set up to make your chiffon cake tomorrow. But I'm substituting fresh frozen MI cherries.
Wish me luck its my first chiffon cake and .. I did buy an extra bottle of wine too ~
ovrphil
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"Don't you just love chiffon cakes"
Sure do - love Chiffon Cake and thanks for reminding me of these cakes, which were common in our house and times as kids. "I will not make this....repeat subliminally.." I will not...no I will...
Joe - danced to alot of those Motown groups, and loved the Chiffons, Ronettes...music seems a bit simple now, but have some Chiffon cake and dance to :
Sure do - love Chiffon Cake and thanks for reminding me of these cakes, which were common in our house and times as kids. "I will not make this....repeat subliminally.." I will not...no I will...
Joe - danced to alot of those Motown groups, and loved the Chiffons, Ronettes...music seems a bit simple now, but have some Chiffon cake and dance to :
Well Kevin
Your recipe was easy to follow and deelishus !
Your recipe was easy to follow and deelishus !
Jetcone!
So glad you made the recipe - and yours looked terrific with the fresh cherries!! Thanks for sharing the photos and for keeping the chiffon cake going strong ;-)
So glad you made the recipe - and yours looked terrific with the fresh cherries!! Thanks for sharing the photos and for keeping the chiffon cake going strong ;-)
twintubdexter
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Jetcone
You can tell that lady in your pic that she takes a terrific photo. She stole all the glamour away from your cake, but it still looks delicious.
You can tell that lady in your pic that she takes a terrific photo. She stole all the glamour away from your cake, but it still looks delicious.
Kevin it was fun to make
and easy cause you showed us how thank you ! I enjoy your & Ralphs videos !
And Joe - Valerie is an angel, she is a great friend of many years and thoroughly enjoyed quartering the cherries - she also enjoyed the cake -----I can tell you !!
and easy cause you showed us how thank you ! I enjoy your & Ralphs videos !
And Joe - Valerie is an angel, she is a great friend of many years and thoroughly enjoyed quartering the cherries - she also enjoyed the cake -----I can tell you !!
