BAKED QI DAN KOU

Steamed Qi Dan Kou

is well known among the Chinese
because
it is easy to make
and
nice to eat

Recipe 
handed down for generations
is
1 cup egg + 1 cup sugar + 1 cup flour 

Now
sugar has been reduced for health reasons


As for me
I can never get it right
no matter how many times I tried the above recipe

Ann Low has come out with this Baked Egg Cake recipe

I find the texture to be  
light & fine 

Moreover
with added cocoa on top of the cake
it is more pleasing to the eye
and taste good too

If you are interested:

BAKED QI DAN KOU 

3 eggs, separated

1 whole egg

65g icing sugar

50g corn oil

65g self raising flour

1 Tbsp cocoa powder

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1) beat together whole egg & egg yolk, add corn oil, vanilla extract & mix well

2) sift in self raising flour, mix well

3) whisk egg white until bubbly, slowly add sugar & whisk to stiff peaks

4) mix 1/3 meringue into egg yolk mixture to loosen egg yolk

5) pour all egg mixture into meringue and mix well

6) pour into lined 6" square pan, leave 2 Tbsp to mix in cocoa powder

7) drizzle cocoa mixture on top of the plain batter & create a pattern

8) bake in preheated oven 170'C for 35 min

9) overturn cake once the cake is out of the oven