Very Tall Café-Style Bundt Cake
This recipe is tried and tested and has been circulating the web for years. I finally got to try it, a truly tall and fluffy bundt cake that won’t make you miss the café! At my house, it disappears in no time!
This very tall café-style bundt cake is suitable for a healthy breakfast because it is butter-free, and you can use high oleic sunflower oil which has antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and anti-cancer properties and is useful for reducing cholesterol (see notes at the end of the article).
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- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Cheap
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 8 People
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons
Ingredients for the Very Tall Café-Style Bundt Cake
- 3 1/2 cups All-purpose Flour (preferably sifted, I use Caputo Pasticceria)
- 6 Eggs (at room temperature)
- 2/3 cup Whole Milk
- 1/2 cup Vegetable Oil (preferably HIGH OLEIC sunflower oil, see notes at the end of the article)
- 1 3/4 cups Sugar
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract (or 2 packets of vanillin, or 1 of cinnamon according to taste)
- 1 packet Baking Powder
- 1 pinch Fine Salt
- 1 Lemon Zest (optional)
- as needed Sugar Crystals (optional)
Tools
- Bowl
- Stand Mixer Kenwood, 7 l Bowl, 1400W Power
- or Hand Whisk
- Bundt Cake Pan
Preparation of the Very Tall Café-Style Bundt Cake
Separate the egg whites from the yolks and sift the flour with the baking powder packet.
Beat the yolks with the sugar in a stand mixer with a wire whisk (or with electric beaters) for at least 15 minutes.
Beat the egg whites until stiff (but not too much).
Add to the yolk and sugar mixture: the milk, vegetable oil, pinch of salt, vanilla (or cinnamon), and grated lemon zest (optional).
Finally, very gently add, by hand, first the flour (sifted with baking powder) and then the beaten egg whites, always very gently so as not to deflate the mixture.
Butter and flour a bundt cake pan about 10 inches in diameter, at least 4 inches high (I used a chiffon cake pan), sprinkle with sugar crystals (optional), and gently pour the batter.
Bake the bundt cake in a pre-heated oven at 350°F, for about 35 minutes (depends on your oven).
Unmold the bundt cake and let it cool.
It is very soft, so it keeps under a glass dome, even for 3 days.
Notes and Tips
To prepare this healthy butter-free bundt cake, I used high oleic sunflower oil, which unlike all other oils (except for extra virgin) does not contain polyunsaturated fats, which are very harmful and are also found in many industrial products (snacks, crackers, etc.). Oleic acid is a monounsaturated fatty acid that has various interesting characteristics: it is useful for providing the body with those precious substances known as omega-3 and omega-6 and for reducing “bad” cholesterol in the blood. High oleic sunflower oil also boasts antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antitumor properties.
If desired, you can also add to the batter 4 apples thinly sliced, sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon.
Purchase Tips!!!
To get such a tall bundt cake, the pan is very important. I used this chiffon cake pan.
I used this high oleic sunflower oil, tasteless and odorless, rich in monounsaturated fatty acids which help maintain normal cholesterol levels in the blood.
To perfectly preserve cakes and biscuits, I use this elegant glass cake stand with a resistant glass dome, you can find it on Amazon at a special price. Same for this other also beautiful and elegant glass cake stand.
To mix to perfection and knead leavened doughs, I use my Titanium Chef Patissier XL stand mixer with illuminated 7L bowl, 1400W power, integrated scale and blender, a loyal kitchen ally for: kneading, weighing, whipping, cooking, chopping, pasteurizing eggs.
If you are looking for a more economical and smaller stand mixer model with a 5-liter bowl, you can safely choose to purchase the Kenwood Titanium Chef Baker, with integrated scale and 1200 W power.
You can also bake this bundt cake directly on your stovetop with Versilia stovetop oven.
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