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Cotton Cake.... hhmmm..

I'd say... for those who love cakes, tasting out the soft texture of cotton cake might be another way of cake's attraction. Uniquely yes.

And so, is Cotton Cake easy to make?

Actually, Cotton Cake's traction is in the soft texture and the very smooth pores just like cotton. So when you enjoy it, it would soon melted when it touched your tongue.

Nowadays, this softy Cotton Cake has various creative shapes. They even look like cute cupcakes. That's why this cake can be a perfect sweet presented.

Eventhough Cotton Cakes are sold in so many places and you can get those cute seductive sweet melty cakes everywhere, there's nothing wrong if you can make them at home by your own creative self. Apparently, how to make them is not so hard. It's a one good news. I've tried it at home myself and it was easy. A smile for that.
I've figured out that all you need is a bit of carefulness, patience and remember "Don't be afraid to fail!". Because you might be amazed of yourself when you see the result. Another smile for that.

Generally, the requirements to make Cotton Cake are quite simple :

• It only needs a couple of appropriate tools such as mixer, dough bowl, baking pan/baking cups, an oven, etc and a full concentration in the process.
• Before you try to make it, pay a good attention to the recipe instruction completely.
• Don't get easily fall apart because you're afraid of failing. Usually most failures happen because of incomplete information.

Preparing the ingredients

You should pay attention to the composition and the role of the main ingredients, such as :

• Sugar
  

Sugar has a role in making the cake's frame. When sugar is stired with egg, it will form a very soft and smooth granules.
A good sugar has white color, tis not wet nor moisty and has soft granules. Sugar that has been stored for quite a time usually has a hard granules.

• Egg whites

Egg whites consist of ovalbumin as protein that will get stiff when it is stired and hard when it is baked. In the baking process, it will coagulate and strengthen any soft dough.
To make Cotton Cake, you have to use fresh egg whites. Therefore, you should pay extra attention when you choose the egg. Choose eggs that have clean shell, no cracky part and the egg white consistency is still thick.

• Egg yolk

To make a softer Cotton Cake, you can use more egg yolk than the recipe.

• Cream of tar-tar

If you just heard of it, cream of tar-tar is made from some ingredients and floured.
You can either use it or not. But when cream of tar-tar is mixed with egg whites, it will make the egg whites have a more stiff, light consistency that will prevent it from collapsing.

• Wheat flour

You shouldn't use too much wheat flour, in order to make the cake soft and flexible.

I will tell you how to make Cotton Cake on the other day this week. Cheers!