Taro Sponge Cake

It's taro season! After seeing many huge, delicious-looking taro at the supermarket, I knew I needed to get one! I made 2 easy regular sponge cake, cut them in half, then layered with taro paste. I haven't made a sponge cake for a while so I accidentally over-baked it. The cake turned out to be a little dry :(

BUT the taro part was delicious!

Ingredients

Sponge cake:
Cake Flour- 100g sifted
Eggs- 3 whole eggs
Sugar- 100g
Unsalted Butter- 10g melted
Milk- 10g

Taro Paste:
Taro-500g
Sugar- 60g
Butter-10g
Cream- around 100g













Steps:
1. Mix eggs in a large bowl over heating water bath, add the sugar then continue to mix.
2. Heat the egg mixture to around 40degrees over waterbath while mixing, then take the bowl off the heat.
3. Mix until you can write an "8" with the beater
4. Pour the flour inside the egg+sugar mixter evenly. Mix with spatula gently.
5. Mix until there are no dry flour visible.
6. Mix the melted flour with milk, then pour it into the batter.
7. Use the spatula to mix the cake batter until it is shiny looking.
8. Pour the batter into 9inch cake pan ( buttered).
9. Bake for 25 mins at 170degrees. ( I baked for 35mins by accident)
10. Stick a toothpick in the middle of the cake, if it came out dry, the cake is ready.
11. When the cake is cooled, cut it horizontally into 2 pieces.
12. Layer the cake with taro paste and decorate with whip cream! yum!

Taro Paste
1. Steam the taro until they are completly softened.
2. Add in the sugar and butter while hot.
3. Using a potato masher to mash the taro until fluffy.
4. Pour in the cream slowly, continue to stir the taro mixture. The amount of cream needed depends on the your own preference. If you wanted to be smoother+ milkier, add more cream.

Whip Cream:
Whipping Cream- 300g
Sugar- 30g
Mix until thickens.


Enjoy!