Mamon

Thanks to the original poster of this recipe, Virgina Rodriguez. I found her recipe quite a while back, and tried it and found the taste so close to the mamon I remembered. I just tweaked her recipe a little bit by adding a few drops of orange extract and lessening the amount of sugar.

Ingredients

6 eggs (separate yolk from white)
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
¾ cup white sugar
1 cup cake flour (replace 2 tablespoons of plain flour with 2 tablespoons of corn flour/starch if you haven’t got cake flour)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
Few drops of orange or lemon extract (optional)
1/2 cup vegetable oil


Spray mamon moulds (you can use regular muffin pans if you don't have moulds)


Preparation

1. Sift cake flour and baking powder in a bowl and set aside
2. In a separate large bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar until very foamy like meringue but not stiff
3. Add sugar gradually and continue beating
4. Add vanilla, orange extract (if using) and vegetable oil
5. Add egg yolks one at a time and continue beating
6. Using a spatula, fold the cake flour and baking powder and continue mixing
7. Spray moulds or line muffin pans with paper cups and pour mixture about 2/3 full
8. Bake in a preheated 180 degree C (350 F) oven for approximately 12-15 minutes or until golden brown (160 C for fan forced oven)