Recipe: Perfect Citrus Chiffon Cake

Citrus Chiffon Cake.

You can cook Citrus Chiffon Cake using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Citrus Chiffon Cake

1. It's 1 3/4 cup of sifted cake flour.
2. It's 1 cup of granulated sugar (divided).
3. You need 1 tbsp of orange zest.
4. It's 1/2 cup of freshly squeezed orange juice.
5. You need 8 of large egg whites.
6. Prepare 3 of large egg yolks.
7. You need 5 tbsp of canola oil.
8. It's 1 tbsp of lemon zest.
9. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.
10. Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
11. It's 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder.

Citrus Chiffon Cake instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325°.Combine baking powder, salt, 7 ounces sugar, and flour in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk until mixture is well combined..
2. Combine orange rind and next 5 ingredients (through egg yolks) in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk. Add rind mixture to flour mixture, stirring until smooth..
3. Place egg whites in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at high speed until foamy. Add cream of tartar; beat until soft peaks form. Gradually add remaining 1 ounce sugar, beating until stiff peaks form. Gently stir one-fourth of egg white mixture into flour mixture; gently fold in remaining egg white mixture.
4. Spoon batter into an ungreased 10-inch tube pan, spreading evenly. Break air pockets by cutting through batter with a knife. Bake at 325° for 45 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Invert pan; cool completely. Loosen cake from sides of pan using a narrow metal spatula. Invert cake onto plate. Sift powdered sugar over top of cake..
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