Classic Chiffon Cake Recipe - a baking must-have! | Cupcake Jemma

A classic sponge recipe to add to your baking repertoire. A tall, tender, light and fluffy sponge. An elegant, sweet sponge that doesn't contain any butter, it get's it richness from eggs, oil and milk.

100g Plain Flour
1⁄2 tsp (Scant) Baking Powder
1⁄2 tsp (Scant) Sea Salt
5 Egg Whites
1⁄2 tsp (Scant) Cream of Tartar
40g + 55g Caster Sugar
5 Egg Yolks
40g Vegetable Oil
65g Whole Milk
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Icing Sugar for Dusting

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[anameows]

I would love to see an orange chiffon cake! Nice and bright for summer :)

[aureliaphilosophyofyum]

Thanks so much Jemma! I remember Matty made a chocolate chiffon cake in the Bake Off final and Paul Hollywood said it was one of the best chocolate cakes he's ever had... Would love to see a super chocolaty chiffon cake!

[helenfranks]

Made this so many times and is always a winner! Sometimes alter flavour with grated citrus rind, but equally delicious on its own too!

[shwee]

I live in Singapore and chiffon cake has always been a staple in our cake culture. The most popular flavour in the region will have to be pandan chiffon cake and orange chiffon cake. You can either extract the flavour from the leaves itself or get the flavouring. For the orange flavoured one, just add the zest and some orange juice. But personally, my favourite will have to be a strawberry chiffon cake, where reduced strawberry purée is mixed into the batter before folding the meringue in. It gives it an extremely nice deep pink colour.

[stoneyblue]

I love the basics ❤❤❤❤ There's a reason why they are basics 😊

[imfromviwawa]

in Indonesia, pandan chiffon cakes are super popular. It's a very fragrant coconutty flavour and it's a really pretty green colour, I highly recommend you try it! You might be able to find pandan flavouring (or even the real pandan leaves) in an Asian supermarket

[mandy]

American here, love watching your videos! I was wondering if you could do a video on traditional tea desserts. Throwing a Mother’s Day tea for the ladies in my family and would love some ideas

[maryhiser]

My neighbor made me this a couple times for my birthday. She used lemon to flavor it. Absolutely delicious!

[byebicycle]

My absolute favourite is an earl grey chiffon cake! :D

[lizbuckland]

I made a Pistachio Chiffon cake last year, using Sarancino pistachio paste. It was amazing! I made a pistachio white choc ganache which I whipped and then used a raspberry jam concentrate on the layers, topped with the ganache, then finished it off with an almond buttercream, with raspberry buttercream swirls on top and around the bottom. It was a lot of work and took me a good 2 and a half days to complete but I love using chiffon sponges as they are so soft and light and can go in the fridge without getting hard/dry like sponges made with butter. I just wish i was well enough to bake at the moment. I love watching different recipes for them though 🍰

[mwtsang]

Love a good chiffon cake, great to see if you can add Pandan cake to your list Gemma!

[FlameMirage]

I want to make an orange chiffon cake, it is one of my favourite cakes in the world, that my parents use to buy from the asian grocery store. I have been waiting for a recipe to try at home! :D

[ritatteles]

Matcha or pandan flavour would be lovely!

[crivensro]

Would love to see a chocolate chiffon cake please!

[Ta.Sa.]

It does look so light! Reminds me a little of soufflé pancakes (fuwa fuwa) - would love if you could share a recipe of those too 🥞

[hnad]

I do like your recipes and tried many many of ur recipes absolutely fabulous results

I do bake a chiffon cake with cocoa powder
Also a orange chiffon
And a coffee chiffon

[adamax]

Great recipe, great video! I tried making chiffon with a normal cake tin once, with parchment paper at the bottom, but while cooling upside down the bottom released itself from the bottom of the tin and created this dome, which then destroyed the cake...

That being said, I did a pandan chiffon once and it was really good!

[ismatfayyaz]

Watching Jemma is so calming
Been following on YT for years ❤
Much love ❤️

[sarahpurcell]

Love this, I'd love to see a chocolate or lemon 🍋 roulade 😊

[mmakomanyatja]

Shoooo Amazing Jemma many thanks stay bless with your family