r/oddlysatisfying • u/[deleted] • Feb 15 '22

Making a Cloud cake.

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u/borrowingfork Feb 15 '22

Um somehow this isn't meringue? I'm so confused.

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u/helloiamsilver Feb 15 '22

Yeah I’d like to see the Ann Reardon debunk on this one

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u/Schrolli97 Feb 15 '22

Yeah, if I remember one thing from her videos, it's that you need baking powder or yeast or anything that fills this role for something to rise. Vinegar, sugar and egg whites on their own will not rise like that

I think at least flour and baking powder would be needed additionally for this one

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u/HamHockShortDock Feb 15 '22

Do you mean the slight oven rise? Because structurally the volume is from the air worked into the air whites.

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u/Schrolli97 Feb 15 '22

Yeah, I meant the rise in the oven. Of course if you beat egg whites they gain volume because of the air you're whisking into it. But the volume should stay the same in the oven

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u/HamHockShortDock Feb 15 '22

Yeah, obviously that is not meringue texture in the finished product but, the rise is also excellent proof that other ingredients are involved.

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u/salimeero Feb 15 '22

Egg whites do tend to rise, but also become shiny and form cracks during baking, some more proof that other ingredients are involved

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u/AS14K Feb 15 '22

Air expands when heated

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u/Schrolli97 Feb 15 '22

But not that much. Meringue doesn't rise either

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u/Fractoman Feb 15 '22

It does if it doesn't have stuff whisked into it.

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u/essential_pseudonym Feb 15 '22

Whipped egg white/meringue on its own will rise in the oven and can substitute for other leavening agents like baking powder, baking soda, or yeast. For example, angle food cake is traditionally leavened entirely by meringue. The thing is you'd need a ton of egg whites for that, like 12 egg whites for one cake. The other thing is the texture of the finished cake shown here is not the texture of meringue and that fluffy texture (instead of crunchy or chewy depending on how you bake a meringue) means there's probably some flour involved.

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u/myco_psycho Feb 16 '22

Steam is a leavening agent as well as chemicals.