Cornstarch Cake Recipes

CORNFLOUR BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to about 170 degrees Celcius.
• Beat vanilla, butter and both sugars well, add the egg and continue beating until nice and creamy.
• Mix in the corn flour and baking powder and slowly add the milk, mix gently until combined and then beat well again - I like to alternate between high speed and low speed.
• Pour into a cake tray and bake for approximately 40minutes or until when poked through the poker comes away clear with no residue.
• Serve warm, spreaded with butter :).

CORNSTARCH CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Butter and flour a 10 cup loaf pan or a 12 cup bundt pan.
• Sift the flour with the cornstarch, baking powder, and salt.
• Set aside.
• Beat the butter until smooth.
• Gradually beat in all but 1/4 cup of the sugar.
• Beat in the extract.
• Continue to beat for 5 minutes, until butter is very light and fluffy.
• Stir in the flour/cornstarch mixture in 3 additions, alternating with the half and half.
• In a clean bowl, beat the egg whites until it forms a soft peak.
• Beat in the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar, and continue beating until stiff, glossy peaks form when the beater is raised.
• Gently fold the beaten whites into the batter in 3 additions.
• Scrape the batter into the prepared pans.
• Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until the cake is well browned and springs back when lightly pressed in the center.

FRAISIER (STRAWBERRY CREAM CAKE)

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, vigorously whisk together the egg yolks and sugar until lightened. Whisk in the cornstarch. In a saucepan, warm the milk, then slowly pour it into the egg mixture while whisking constantly. Pour the combined mixture back into the saucepan and cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until very thick, about 5 minutes. Cover the surface with plastic wrap and refrigerate.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a rimmed sheet pan with parchment paper.
• Make the sponge cake. Sift the flour. In a large bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and one-third of the sugar until lightened. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites into stiff peaks, adding the remaining sugar a little at a time halfway through the beating time. Fold the beaten egg whites into the yolk mixture, then fold in the flour. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared sheet pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Cool completely.
• Carefully peel the parchment paper from the cake.
• Using the cake ring, cut out two circles from the cake.
• Add the butter to the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and beat until light and creamy.
• Add the pastry cream and beat until well incorporated. Transfer the mixture to a bowl.
• Place the cake ring on a serving plate and place one cake circle on the bottom.
• If necessary, briefly rinse the strawberries and pat them dry on paper towels.
• Set aside one dozen of the most attractive strawberries for the top decoration. Hull and cut similarly sized strawberries in half and place them next to each other around the perimeter of the ring with the cut side touching the ring.
• Cover the strawberries with a little of the pastry cream to seal them against the ring.
• Hull the remaining ones and place in the center of the cake.
• Cover the layer of strawberries with some of the pastry cream.
• Place the second cake disk on top.
• Evenly spread a thin layer of the pastry cream on top.
• Hull the remaining whole strawberries then set them on top of the cake, pointed ends up.
• Scrape the remaining pastry cream into a pastry bag fitted with a 1/3-in plain pastry tube and pipe pointed mounds of cream on top of the cake between the strawberries.
• Refrigerate overnight. Just before serving, carefully remove the ring.