3)Then add cream of tartar and whisk it with high speed (about 2 min) Hello Fan force oven is generally hotter than non-fan force, so you will need to lower the temperature setting by about 10 deg C. Do let us know how it turns out after you have baked it next. I’m using high protein flour. The other possibility is the brand of cream I use. The cake is jiggly (when it is still warm), perfect shape, straight side & no crack top. Sadly i have no friends who can bake well, my only help comes from the internet in this case. Hi I am trying to figure out what you mean “full cream milk”. it is ok to use a slightly smaller egg. I will most definitely try again with slightly lower temperature. Perfect Japanese Cheesecake/cotton cheesecake recipe for a pillowy soft, light-as-air & heavenly cheesecake. If so how and is there a trick? Did it rise during baking? Preheat the oven to 315 F (157 C). Over-mixing or inappropriate mixing of the 2 part batter is the main reason, please use lighter stroke to fold the beaten egg white and not stirring them together. Leo, looks like the cake deflated during the bake. Will it be alright if I don’t have it? A bad meringue causes the 2 layer problem because the water comes out of the meringue and goes to the bottom. Also, wouldn’t the top of the cake be flat if I were to invert the cake? Thank you. Hello.. Usually if they don’t mix properly mostly due to undermixed, the beaten egg white can’t get hold of the heavier cream cheese mixture and hen the heavy ingredient sink to the bottom. Second time, I changed a little bit on the lemon juice to 2 table spoon and just add tiny bit of lemon zest. This is the best Japanese Cheesecake recipe that I have ever had. As a write this, I’m thinking it might be the lame eggs I’ve been using. May I know what type of cake pan to use? Remove the pan and bottom parchment paper. You do not need a towel for creaming the cream cheese if the pan is not contacting directly to your water bath pot. Thanks. You stated that you oven heats the top AND the bottom. Haha. Without thinking much, I bake one by adapting the popular Japanese Cheesecake (aka sponge cheesecake or cheese sponge cake). Fill a large baking pan halfway with water. Hi! Yes, just replace it with 1 tsp of lemon juice. Generally, if you were to convert a normal cake to cupcake, you could reduce the baking time by 1/3 or 1/2, the rest of setting remain the same. I just made it. Self Rising Flour contains baking powder, yes, it is the issue. The dough was perfect and I followed all the steps correctly and the temperature of my oven theoretically works well. Purple Yam Sponge Cheesecake Recipe adapted from Happy Home Baking Ingredients: (makes one 8" cake) 125g cream cheese, cut into cubes 60g unsalted butter, cut into cubes 5 egg yolks (55g eggs) 125g milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 tsp salt 75g cake flour 30g corn flour 1 … Thx n have a great weekend ! The second is that the cake tastes more like eggs than a cheese. I didn’t time the beating time for the egg whites to reach soft peak condition, but I guess it is about 5 – 10 minutes. I also don’t have a roasting pan that is 2” tall and 11” in diameter, so is it ok to use a simple baking sheet and fill it with water instead? You are right, every oven bakes differently, listen to your oven to get the best bake. I use superfine flour instead of cake flour. Tap your cake pan and make sure the cake are detached from the side of the pan (they should have detached after the shrinkage) I’m from Canada and I found out that castor sugar here is called Berry Sugar. Though I have one question about the oven that I use. 2. 1. at the beginning when I need to put the ingredients bowl over warm water bath can the warm water touch the surface of the ingredients bowl? hello, i am a bit confused about cake flour Hi, Im hoping for some help, a friend of mine wants a Japanese Maple Cheese cake for his birthday, i think he had it when when he went to Japan last year, and has asked me to make it cause i bake a lot, the picture looks the same ( i showed him) but its not maple and i have searched the internet and i can’t find a recipe, is there a way to change this so that its maple or do you have a recipe? How long will it last in the fridge? baked this cake with your recipe and tasted so good! The height of finished cake is the same height when I poured in batter. ; Cake flour + Corn starch – use protein percentage around 9% and corn starch makes the Japanese cheesecake fluffy! You may try top heat but place the cake and the water bath set-up at the lowest rack in your oven. It is baking in the water bath. “Pour into cake pan and tap the pan on the counter to release air bubbles. these measurements were difficult to convert? I have my own recipe but i want to try yours. It seams that when I make it, I have a lot of large air bubbles that seem difficult to remove. How long will I need to batter the egg white to reach soft peak? I followed the instructions so am rather lost as to which step I missed. Leaving the cake in the oven after it’s done baking helps to minimize some of the deflating. … Summary, the batter should be airy, but no too airy good luck. Hi, I. Which should I be more focused on? If you read the comments from others, this is likely due to the 2 part batter weren’t incorporated well. I baked the remaining 30 mins at mark gas 4/350 F, the texture very nice as describe what a Japanese cheese cake should be. I don’t have an oven thermometer so I don’t know if it’s because the temperature is wrong. Yes, I am going to try it out, voila, I succeeded in the first attempt, I can’t even believe it when I saw my cake standing there so perfect after coming out from the oven, so beautiful, so professional. Have you ever experienced this? May you explain why this will happen? . Then removed water bath and leaving door of oven ajar (slightly open ) for another 30 mins above you have said it is Cooked in a switched on oven for 18 + 30 + 30 but I read the receipe as being in a tuned on oven for 18 + 30 then the oven is switched off. 2. Hi Katja, probably you will need to lower the baking temperature by 10 deg C if using top and bottom heating with the fan function. And im afraid that only 30 minutes at 140 degres inside will be not cooked ? Was i maybe more careful with mixing the meringue into the batter? 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