Ogura Zebra Cake. I remember this cake was once such a hit amongst Asian bloggers in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia… People were literally crazy about it, as it resembles very much the famous soft and airy Japanese Cotton Cheesecake (JCC) but without using many fat ingredients. In JCC, there are cream cheese, butter, whipping cream…; but Ogura cake only requires oil and egg yolks as ingredients. Add oil, milk, and whisk again.

Ingredients of Ogura Zebra Cake

1. Prepare 70 gr of all purpose flour.
2. Prepare 15 gr of cornstarch.
3. You need 1/4 tsp of salt.
4. Prepare 5 of egg yolks.
5. You need 1 of whole large egg.
6. You need 60 ml of cooking oil.
7. You need 65 ml of milk.
8. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
9. Prepare 2 tsp of dark cocoa powder, mix with a little water to form paste.
10. You need 5 of egg whites.
11. Prepare 85 gr of sugar.

A friend I worked with made me a Japanese cotton cheesecake, which I had not only never heard of before, but was one of most delicious cakes I've had. Of course, I had to try it myself, and of course, I had to try all the variations. This zebra butter cake is a little dense but the texture is just right, moist and yummy, not overly sweet with the addition of yoghurt. The cake is fragrant with the plain and cocoa batter but you can definitely change the cocoa to matcha flavour if you prefer.

Ogura Zebra Cake step by step

1. Prepare a round baking pan (diameter 8 in and 3 in depth). Grease with butter then line the base and the side with parchment paper..
2. Prepare another larger round/square pan. Fill with water to 1/3 the height of the pan. Put this pan in the oven while preheat the oven to 340°F..
3. Sift flour, cornstarch and salt. In a bowl, stir egg yolks, whole eggs, oil, milk and vanilla. Mix them well. Add the flour mixture. Stir until well blended. Put aside..
4. Beat the egg whites on low speed until foamy. Then, add the sugar in 3 batches. Beat on medium or medium high until soft peaks form..
5. With a spatula, fold in the meringue into the egg yolks mixture in 3-4 batches..
6. Divide the mixture into 2 equal parts, Add chocolate paste to the first part, mix well. Pour 1/4 cup of white batter in the middle of the pan, then alternately each color..
7. Carefully put the pan inside the other pan which filled with water (from the oven). Put them all back to the oven. Bake for 50-55 minutes. Test with skewer to see it it's done. The skewer should come out clean..
8. Once cooked, remove it from the oven, leave it for a few minutes then take the cake out from the pan. Leave it on the wire rack until it gets cool..
9. Store in a covered container in room temperature up to 3 days (if it lasts that long 😁)..

This zebra butter cake is perfect to enjoy with a cup of coffee for an lazy afternoon. I baked this Orange Ogura Cake today using your recipe! Cooking Pleasure: BLACK SESAME ZEBRA COTTONY CAKE [OGURA CAKE] Japanese Deserts Japanese Recipes Asian Recipes Cake Recipes Dessert Recipes Desserts Ogura Cake Sponge Cake Roll Matcha Cake. Pandan Chiffon Cake Plain Cake Just Cakes Sponge Cake Asian Recipes Vanilla Cake Doughnuts Frosting Cooking Recipes. Ogura Zebra Cake Adapted from : Tintinrayner – Cookpad Indonesia.