Japanese Cheese Cake aka Cotton Cheese Cake

Ingredients:
60g full cream milk
140g cream cheese (Philadelphia brand)
40g butter
50g plain/All purpose flour
15g corn flour
5 egg (58-60g w/shell) Note: Weight the egg as this is very important!
100g granulate sugar

Instruction:

1. In the oven, fill a tray with room temperature water until 1cm high & preheat the oven to 120 deg C (Note: Use top & bottom element without fan)
2. In a medium non-stick pot, add in the milk, cream cheese, butter.  Heat it on low fire and stir till the cream cheese and butter melted.
3. Once the ingredients are melted and combined, turned off the fire before it reaches to boiling point. Remove from the stove.
4. Add the plain flour and cornflour while the mixture still hot.  Keep stirring until mixture smooth, thick & well combined.
5. Then add 5 egg yolks, continue stirring until the mixture is smooth & well combined.
6. In another bowl, use the hand electric mixture; beat 5 egg whites till frosty then add 1/3 of sugar and beat till soft peak.
7. Take 1/3 of the meringue into the cheese batter, use the hand whisk & swirl/stir from top to bottom gently till the meringue dissolve into the batter.  Continue this method till the meringue finish.
8. Lined 18cm round pan with parchment paper.  Pour the batter into the pan.  Take a bamboo skewer/tooth pick to swirl the batter & bang on the counter couple times to release any air bubble.
9. Put the round pan in the tray filled with water & bake at 120 deg C for 20 mins.  After 20 mins, increase the temperature to 150 deg & continue to bake for 15 mins.  After 15 mins, open the oven door for 10 second (Note:  If the top turn darker brown, take an aluminum foil to cover the top to prevent over burnt) and close back and lower the temperature to 100 deg C. and continue to bake for 40mins.
10. After 40 mins, turn off the oven & open the oven door for 10 second and close back & let the cake cool down in the oven for 10 mins.

Important

Oven setting: Top and bottom heat without fan!

Preheated oven: 120 deg C

Baking Step 1:

Baking Temperature: 120 deg C

Baking Time: 20 minutes

After 20 minutes, keep the oven door closed.  Increase the temp to 150 deg C and continue baking for 15 minutes.

Baking Step 2:

Baking Temperature: 150 deg C

After 15 minutes, open the oven door for 10 seconds and then close back. Lower the temperature to 100 deg C

Baking Step 3:

Baking Temperature: 100 deg C

Baking Time: 40 minutes

After 40 minutes, turn off the oven.  Open the oven door and close back.  Let the cake cool down in the oven for 10 minutes.

Note: Baking time may vary depending on the type and accuracy of your oven.  If you want to succeed baking this recipe, I suggest you buy a thermometer to place in the oven.