hello you guys today we're making something amazing Italian milk cake also known
in Italy as torta Paradiso imagine
an a thick layer of milk cream
sandwiched between two incredibly soft
and fluffy vanilla sponge cakes it's
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that delicious cake so to make torta
paradiso or Italian milk cake we need a
sponge cake base which holds up
beautifully and retains its super soft
texture even in the fridge I have an
entire video dedicated to cake science
and the different types of cakes and
when to use them and I'll leave a link
in the description box if you want to
learn more about cake science like any
sponge cake we need to start by whipping
the eggs in this case egg whites I've
added half a teaspoon of lemon juice to
stabilize the eggs and once they start
to foam up you can start adding the
sugar gradually one tablespoon at a time
the sugar not only is it meant to
sweeten your cake but it gives structure
to the meringue which is important for
the rise and texture of the cake you
want to whip the eggs until they triple
in volume and reach glossy stiff peaks
at this point your meringue is ready and
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bull I have the egg yolks and vanilla
and we're going to add the milk and
melted butter you're going to quickly
mix these wet ingredients until combined
and then you can add the flour baking
powder and cornstarch which will lighten
even more the structure of this cake
it's going to be one of the softest
fluffiest cakes ever I did sift the dry
ingredients off-camera and you do want
to be careful do not over mix these as
soon as you don't see any more flour
stop mixing to those we're going to add
two to three big dollops of the meringue
that we made before which will help
loosen and lighten this mixture you can
be quite aggressive with these first
dollops however when you incorporate the
remaining egg ways with the cake batter
you do want to gently fold them in that
way your mixer doesn't lose too much air
I love the look of this cake batter it
looks like a fluffy cloud you're going
to transfer the batter and to buttered
and floured cake pans lined with
parchment paper spread the batter as
evenly as you can and you're going to
bake these cakes in a preheated oven at
160 degrees Celsius or 320 Fahrenheit
for around 20 to 22 minutes do the
toothpick test if it comes out clean the
cakes are ready you'll notice these
cakes as they cool they will slightly
delayed and pull away from the sides
that's perfect it's completely normal
you're going to let these cool in their
pants for about five to 10 minutes and
then you can turn them over onto a rack
or in my case parchment paper and let
them cool completely okay so while those
are cooling we're going to make the milk
a whipped frosting which is delicious
guys okay you'll need some heavy cream
sweetened condensed milk and vanilla the
sweet condensed milk will replace the
sugar in this frosting and it will give
your cream that distinct delicious milk
flavor which makes out this cake you do
want to make sure you whip this well
until stiff peaks because the middle
layer of this cake consists
that thick layer of milk cream so to
hold up it needs to be stiff okay so
onto assembling the cake once the cakes
have completely cooled to add the middle
cream layer you can use a normal spatula
however I like to use a piping bag and I
highly recommend you do the same if you
can not only is it faster but it allows
you to pipe the frosting hi take an
offset spatula and gently smooth out the
frosting try to not remove it as I said
we want a tall milk cream layer add the
other cake layer on top now
traditionally the top is just dusted
with powdered sugar you can do that
however I personally like to add another
thin layer of that milk cream on top if
we're going to make a milk cake we're
going to do it right okay smooth the top
with a bench scraper and you're going to
cut all four sides of the cake to reveal
that beautiful milk layer the sides were
eaten guys don't you worry cake never
goes to waste
this looks so fab dad steak if you like
creamy cakes the fun is for you it's
like eating a milky mousse and a fluffy
vanilla cake and one this cake will melt
in your mouth it's amazing
