Snacks & baking
Ji dan gao (egg cake)
A very light and sweet Taiwanese sponge cake, often sold in slices at markets. Its crumb is airy and melting, perfect for an afternoon snack or breakfast.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
Nutrition facts
216 kcal per serving
- Protein
- 5.6 g
- Carbohydrates
- 25.8 g
- of which sugars
- 15.8 g
- Fat
- 9.7 g
- Fiber
- 0.5 g
Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 170 °C and butter a 20 cm round tin, lining it with baking paper.
- Separate the whites from the yolks. Whisk the yolks with half the sugar until they turn pale.
- Add the oil, milk and vanilla to the yolks, then fold in the sifted flour with the baking powder.
- Whisk the whites into stiff peaks with a pinch of salt, adding the rest of the sugar gradually, until firm.
- Gently fold a third of the whites into the batter to lighten it, then fold in the rest with a spatula, lifting.
- Pour the mixture into the tin and bake for 25 minutes, until a skewer comes out dry.
- Let it cool for 10 minutes in the tin before turning out onto a rack.
Variations and tips
Lemon version. Add the zest of one lemon to the batter for a fresher flavour.
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Original Ecomely recipe.