Mallorcan quarter coke

Today I bring you one of those traditional –gluten-free– recipes that never fail: Mallorcan coca de cuarto ; This cake with only 3 ingredients (eggs, sugar and potato starch) will delight anyone, from the oldest to the smallest in the house. Now, that we need simple recipes, without many ingredients, and without the disappeared yeast, this cloud cake –as I call it– is going to become your perfect ally.

This "cloud" texture is given by the potato starch. This starch/starch is a natural thickener that is used almost in the same way as corn starch (cornstarch), in fact if for some reason you can't find potato starch, cornstarch can serve as a substitute, it will not be exactly the same, since potato starch gives more fluffiness but it can be a good alternative until you find the wonderful potato starch. But yes, please, DO NOT CONFUSE this ingredient with those prepared to make mashed potatoes; this preparation is dehydrated potato, etc., it is not starch, which is logically what we are looking for.

If you don't know it yet, this traditional Mallorcan cloud cake will pleasantly surprise you. The great fluffiness without a gram of yeast is incredible. Of course you don't need any companion, but I will tell you that on cold days, with hot chocolate it is scrumptious and on hot days there is nothing like a big scoop of ice cream.

As I mentioned before, if right now it is impossible for you to find potato starch, don't worry, we are now in a difficult moment in which you have to adapt and not get fussy. Used cornstarch as a substitute until you can find potato starch, but do not stay without making this wonder.

Now I can only wait to see your wonderful cocas de cuarto… do you dare?

KitchenAid Artisan Emile Henry Ceramic Square Cake Pan and Baking Robot

Ingredients

• 6 L eggs (whites and yolks separately)

• 135g icing sugar

• 125 g potato starch (Santiveri), sifted*

• 1 pinch of salt

Preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 170º C heat up and down with the rack in the center. Grease the Emile Henry square mold and place parchment paper on the base, lightly dust the walls and remove the excess. We booked.

2. In the very clean KitchenAid bowl, we assemble with the balloon accessory, the whites with a pinch of salt until stiff.

3. In another KitchenAid bowl, beat the egg yolks with the sugar until pale and double in size. Add the potato starch and continue beating with the balloon accessory.

4. Add the whipped egg whites in 2 times and mix them with the help of a silicone spatula and with enveloping movements so that the whites do not fall. When the mixture is completely homogeneous, we pour it into the Emile Henry mold that we have reserved. Bake for about 35-40 minutes until golden.

5. We check that it has been cooked correctly, inserting a skewer, if it comes out clean it will be perfect. Let cool on a rack .

6. Dust with icing sugar, cut into portions and enjoy with a good hot chocolate.

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You can see all KitchenAid models here. Some of the models, like the Artisan 5KSM175 or the 5KSM185, come with 2 original KitchenAid bowls, which is why the text talks about using the first and second KitchenAid bowls in the recipe.

Emile Henry ceramic square cake pan , ceramic ramekins , WMF ball-tip whisk, and KitchenAid Artisan pastry maker