Cinnamon cake
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Preparation Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Serves: Makes 1 large cake
A light and wonderful cake.
Ingredients
250ml (140 g) Snowflake cake flour
30ml cornflour
15ml Snowflake baking powder
2ml salt
45ml ground cinnamon
250ml (200 g) sugar
125ml milk
125ml cooking oil
45ml cinnamon sugar
3 extra-large eggs, separated
Syrup
30ml butter or margarine
45ml smooth apricot jam
Method
- Sift flour, cornflour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon together.
- Whisk sugar, egg yolks, milk and oil together. Add to dry ingredients and mix well until smooth.
- Beat egg whites until stiff peak stage. Gently fold egg whites into cake mixture, using a metal spoon.
- Spoon mixture into a greased 21 cm square or 23 cm loose-bottom springform cake pan. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for about 35 minutes.
- Syrup: Melt butter and jam together in the microwave.
- Remove cake from over and prick well. Pour hot syrup over warm cake. Leave to cool and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
