Ingredient:
5 Large Eggs at room Temp
Sugar 400g
Whole Milk 8 fl oz
Butter 112g at room Temp
Vanilla Extract 1 Tablespoon
All Purpose Flour 260g
Baking Powder 10g (2tsp)
Salt 2g (1/4tsp)
Mix Method:
In the bowl of your Kitchen Aid mixer whip the eggs on high speed with the whip attachment until foamy, then gradually start adding in your sugar very slowly.
The eggs will take about 5 minutes to reach the ribbon stage if you're using a good stand mixer but it will take a longer time if you are using a hand mixer, so in the meantime you can heat your milk and butter together in the microwave or on the stove top and reserve to keep warm- you will want to add this to the mixture below.
Also have your flour and baking powder and salt sifted together to aerate and lighten.
Ribbon Stage
The ribbon stage is a stage where the egg/sugar mixture is very light in color, very thick and when you lift your whip attachment and the batter runs back into the bowl it makes a ribbon effect before disappearing back into the mixture.
You can also do a any shape pattern with the mixture and if it stays visible for a few seconds before disappearing you know you have achieved ribbon stage. You can add your vanilla extract and mix for like 30secs.
At this point add in all of the dry ingredients at once with the mixer off so you do not have a flour shower all over your kitchen!
On low speed mix in the dry mixture.
You can gradually go up to a higher speed to make sure it is all incorporated evenly.
Next you will prepare a liaison with the hot milk and melted butter mixture.
A liaison is a technique in which rather than dumping the liquids straight into the main batter causing deflating of this delicate foam we took such care to achieve; you will take out about 2 cups of the cake batter into a separate mixing bowl, and with a hand whisk add the hot liquids to THAT 2 cups of batter.
Whisk it all together and then proceed to add this liaison to the orginal cake batter in the Kitchen Aid bowl.
Bake this cake at 350 degrees F for about 35 minutes or when it turns golden brown.
