A deliciously light and fluffy chocolate chiffon cake. This cake is perfect on its own or topped with your favorite toppings. It’s a cake that is perfect for all occasions.

The ingredients

This chocolate chiffon is made from simple ingredients:

eggs
flour
milk
oil
sugar
cocoa powder
cream of tartar

Equipment needed

2 mixing bowls. One bowl for the egg whites and one for the egg yolks
Rubber spatula
Whisk
Hand mixer or stand mixer. This is used to beat the egg whites to stiff peaks.
6-inch round cake pan
Kitchen scale. To weigh out all your ingredients.

How to make the cake

In a bowl, add in the egg yolks, milk, and oil. Mix this together using a whisk.
Sift in the flour and cocoa powder. Whisk until combined then set this bowl aside.
In a separate bowl, add in the egg whites and cream of tartar. Beat with hand mixer until it turns frothy then add in the sugar 1/3 at a time. Beat until you get stiff peaks. (refer to picture below of a stiff peak)

4. Add some of the egg white mixture into the egg yolks. Gently mix until combined.
5. Pour this mixture into the remaining egg white mixture and gently fold together.
6. Transfer the batter into a 6-inch cake pan.
7. Run a skewer through the cake batter and drop the cake pan a few times to get rid of air bubbles.
8. Bake the cake at 135C/275F for 50 minutes.
9. Let the cake cool upside down before removing from the cake pan.