"Baking" With The Air Fryer

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2020 is for Dalgona Coffee, 2021 is for Air Fryer

I read this somewhere. Hmmm, and I guess that is true. Did you catch the fever too? Well, I did albeit a bit late for both. The Dalgona coffee craze had wound down a bit when tried to make one myself. I could not let that pass as a professed coffee lover.

Air Fryer. I remember my colleague suggested this to me some years prior (2015?). The "best kitchen equipment" she purchased yet, she said. I was intrigued, but not that much that I would buy. Then came 2021. I kept on seeing air fryer... air fryer... Hmmm.. It might just be time! So before 2021 ended, I bought one.

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Cooking with the Air Fryer.

We don't eat a lot of fried food as a family. Hence the air fryer has been mostly kept in its box, only taken out once in a while. Sometimes I would cook french fries in it, and yes, I even tried making crispy pata in it. An air fryer is a kitchen equipment where hot air circulates around the chamber (basket) making the food inside it crispy.

Once, I thought, what if I baked in the air fryer? I've seen some food vloggers do this, so I just might as well.

Baking in an air fryer?

The first concern is that I won't be able to use my standard baking pan in the air fryer so I had to make an alternative -- I shaped the foil to fit the basket (double to make sure it wouldn't leak). Then another to put on top and avoid the hot air from touching the cake batter directly. Leaving the batter uncovered would make the cake crispy outside but uncooked inside.

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Baking Time

I tried baking banana cake here first, and then chocolate cake a couple of weeks after. The baking time was significantly longer than it would had I used the traditional oven.

Usually, my banana cake was done within 40 minutes in an oven, the chocolate cake done in 30 or so minutes. Using the air fryer at 200°C, I had to wait around 1.5 hours or more.

After baking covered for about 1.5 hours, I removed the cover at the last 30 minutes and lowered the heat to 120°C.

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Banana cake, in my make-shift pan, finally done after 2 hours!

The Tooth"Prick" Test

I did the toothpick test at the one hour mark and found that my cake was still very soft inside since I covered it and the hot air couldn't really penetrate. Impatient as I really am, I thought of poking through the bottom of my tin foil pan. That way, the hot air from the bottom of the basket would pass through the holes, through the cake batter, but in a more regulated manner.

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I would like to say that the "prick" trick worked and the baking time went quicker afterwards.

Wait, there's more!

Remember I said I removed the cover at the last 30-minute mark to get the crispy-brown texture on top of my banana cake? Well, the bottom of the cake wasn't toasted enough to my liking so I flipped my cake afterwards to get that same toasted texture at the bottom.

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Air Fryer or Oven?

Of course, bake in an oven, still! The cakes done in an air fryer were not as pretty (but still moist and yummy!). However, there will be times when I would do it in the air fryer-- example when I am not quite sure if my gas tank is filled enough. My oven uses the gas while of course the air fryer uses electricity. Our rent is inclusive of the electricity bills, and I buy my own gas cylinder. Soooo...

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I thought that's true :D After dalgona coffee, people are interested in the air fryers now. But I still haven't an air fryer, still in my whitelist somewhere on my online shop account :D

Haha, right?! Air fryers were all over last year. Mine was a bit of an impulsive buy, but still okay. I don't regret. :D

I've been hearing things this Air fryer can do buh don't know it can bake😳...

I'm definitely getting myself one someday.... it sure does a lot of things, testimonies from you also

Hehe. I tried and it worked, although not as easily and nicely as it would in an oven. There are lots of recipe recommendations across the web that can be done using an air fryer. I also have to try a few myself. :D

I've added it to my wishlist right away

Cool! Enjoy once you get it!

Thanks

I do love a good banana cake I might need to get a air fryer thanks for sharing 👍🏾

Thanks! Yeah, a slice of good banana cake and black coffee! Yumm!

Welcome I agree 💯 I love banana cake and a good coffee it definitely goes down a treat 👍🏾 @tipu curate

uy aliw! pero hindi ko sya susubukan hahahaha wala akong ganyang patience lol

Nyahaha. Oo. It needs a lot of time. Pero at least na save ko ung gas ko. 😂

I want to bake too, tita but I have not try on air fryer yet.

Bakit is fun. Although using the air fryer needs extra work unlike when you will use oven.

I remember making my own dalgona coffee hehe. It's not easy, but it's worth it.

Haha. True. The price we have to pay for joining the craze. :D

Ay oh? Matry nga to!!!

Pabor saken sis kasi hindi kami nagbabayad ng kuryente. 😂

Naol di nagbabayad kuryente hehehe

Haha. Kasama na kasi Cia sa rent sis.

Sarap naman, sis hehe!!

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