Serves 1
Directions
- 1Heat milk in a saucepan until it just starts to bubble, then reserve.
- 2Beat egg yolks and sugar in a mixer until pale, yellow, and luminous.
- 3Slowly add the warm milk to the yolk and sugar mixture while mixing.
- 4Add flour to the batter.
- 5In a separate clean mixer bowl, whisk egg whites and sugar just until they reach soft peaks that fold over on themselves.
- 6Fold the soft-peak egg whites into the main cake batter.
- 7Pour the batter into a cake pan and bake at 325 degrees for 50-55 minutes.
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk
- egg yolk
- sugar
- egg white
- flour
Equipment
saucepanstand mixerwhisk attachmentspatulatube cake pan
Tips
- Avoid whipping egg whites to stiff peaks; stop at soft peaks so they don't deflate or get over-whipped when incorporated into the batter.
- The whites should not be stiffer than the batter they are being folded into.
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