One of the functions or features of the air fryer that I am truly excited about was the baking function. I have never baked in my life because I never got the chance to. We don't have an oven at home. I do enjoy making desserts, though. I've tried making mango float, ice cream, buko pandan and other frozen delights.
Finally, I decided to give baking via air fryer a shot. I don't have high expectations of it, though... But we'll see. haha
I looked up some recipes online and I saw one that was quite simple to follow. I prepared all the ingredients needed... or at least I tried to. Let's start!
I could find most of the ingredients, but not all... so I decided to choose some alternatives and here's the list below:
- All-purpose flour
- eggs
- melted butter (I used canola oil, instead)
- whole milk (I used soy milk...)
- sugar
- baking powder
- vanilla extract
- lemon juice (We didn't have lemon at home, so I used Philippine lime.. lol)
- salt
Because of the changes in ingredients, the result wouldn't be the same as the original recipe's result... but still, I tried. Let's go through the procedures...
First, I separated the egg yolk from the egg white... I used 4 eggs.
I then added half a cup of soy milk to the egg yolk.
We don't have any hand mixer, so I had to do the mixing manually. XD
Then there goes the canola oil. :) Butter would have been more delicious, but let's think about health... haha
This one is vanilla extract. It smells so good. :D
Then I added the flour, baking powder and salt. Mix mix mix...
This was where I made a mistake. After adding the lemon juice (calamansi juice in my case) and sugar. I didn't mix them properly and didn't achieve a frothy or creamy texture. It was still very watery.
As you can see... even after mixing the two mixtures together, it ended up watery. No matter how I whisk them, it doesn't look like the same texture as in the recipe I initially followed. haha But anyway, it's OK. I just went on.
Even though I set it 160C for 40 minutes, it didn't take 40 minutes to bake. When I checked it at around 20-25 minutes, it was already done, so I decided to turn it off and take it out.
As expected, it didn't turn out that well... at least appearance-wise.
The upper part was a bit crispy, but it was delicious. haha And as for the supposed to be fluffy and light chiffon cake, it turned out this way...
It became full and packed although the texture was still good. It wasn't fluffy, but it was quite bouncy. It was yummy, but it was more of a bread than a cake. So was it yay or nay?
Well, as a cake, it was kind of nay... but as bread, it was a yay!!!
I'm going to re-do this someday... but in my next air fryer diary entry, I'll share my banana cake recipe... it's so much better than this one! :D
Thanks for checking this out! See you around!