Ditto Marshmallow Cake by Kat Lieu (@katlieu)
If you can’t find a Ditto in the wild to transform into ube cake, check out the best chiffon cake recipe on page 87 of my cookbook, Modern Asian Baking at Home. You can also try this recipe.
INGREDIENTS
Oil, butter, or nonstick spray, for greasing
For the yolk batter:
4 large egg yolks
1 cup cake flour
2 tablespoons sugar
½ teaspoon baking powder
A pinch of salt or miso
½ cup sparkling water
1 tablespoon Greek yogurt
1 teaspoon-1 tablespoon ube extract (for purple color and ube flavor)
For the egg white batter:
4 large egg whites
¼ teaspoon cream of tartar or ½ teaspoon lemon juice (for stabilization)
½ cup powdered sugar
PREPARATION
1. Grease the rice cooker bowl with oil, butter, or nonstick spray.
2. To make the yolk batter, mix all the yolk batter ingredients in a medium bowl until smooth.
3. To make the egg white batter, in a separate bowl, whip the egg whites with the cream of tartar or lemon juice until soft peaks form. Gradually add the powdered sugar and continue whipping until stiff peaks form. You can use a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment or hand mixer.
4. Gently fold the egg whites into the yolk batter using a rubber spatula, being careful to not deflate the mixture. Fold until no white streaks remain.
5. Gently pour the cake batter into the prepared bowl, smoothing the top without deflating the mixture.
6. To cook in a rice cooker, set the rice cooker to “Mixed Mode” first. Once that cycle is complete, set it to “Hard Mode.” If the cake is still not done, run it once more on “Quick Mode.” If your rice cooker does not have all these modes, try cooking the cake on 1½ cycles to start.
7. Enjoy your light, fluffy marshmallow-like ube cake!