Magic cake - lemon or chocolate?

Name: Magic cake - lemon or chocolate?
Uploaded: 2018-12-18T10:11:00Z
Duration: PT191.855S
Channel: Top Cookist ideas

published on 18 December, 2018 at 11:11

Lemon magic cake:

Ingredients:
4 Eggs
Pinch of salt.
150g Caster Sugar
1 Tbsp Water
500ml Milk
120g Melted butter
2 Tbsp Grated Lemon Zest
1 Tbsp Lemon Juice
1 Tbsp Vanilla Sugar
150g ‘00’ Flour

Instructions:
Bring the Milk to a light boil and add the vanilla sugar.
Split eggs in to yolks and whites.
Add the sugar and 4 egg yolks to a mixer and mix for 10 minutes.
Now add the melted butter, water, and Lemon zest then mix.
Add in the flour a spon full at a time and then the milk a little at a time, finally add in the lemon juice and set aside.
In a separate bowl add the egg whites and a pinch of salt and whisk to light peaks.
Gently fold the two liquids together.
Pour in to a 20cm x 30cm baking bowl and bake for 80min in a preheated oven 150°C or 300°F.
Allow to cool to room temperature then chill in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
Cut in to squares and then serve with powdered sugar.

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Chocolate magic cake:

Ingredients:
4 eggs, separated;
50 g (1.7 oz) cocoa powder;
65 g (2.3 oz) flour;
2 tsp cold water;
2 cups milk;
½ tsp lemon juice;
150 g (5 oz) sugar;
125 g (4.4 oz) butter, melted.

Instructions
Beat egg yolks and sugar until fluffy and pale. Add water and pour melted butter in while still working with a mixer.
Sift cocoa powder and flour. Add dry ingredients into the batter, combine and pour milk next. Mix until smooth liquid batter forms.
Separately whisk egg white and lemon juice until stiff peaks form.
Fold egg whites into the batter and pour it into a square baking pan greased with butter and covered with parchment.
Bake at 150C/300F for 80 minutes. Leave to cool down completely before slicing.