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Combine Ingredients and sift.
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Melt ingredients in a double broiler or a microwave.
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Preheat oven at 170C.
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Into the egg whites, add half of the granulated sugar in 3 batches to make a meringue.
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Chill in the fridge when done.
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Add the rest of the sugar into the egg yolks and mix well until white.
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Fold in the melted ingredients and also the brandy.
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Then add the ingredients and whisk until it's not floury.
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Add one scoop of the meringue into the batter from step 3.
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Mix well with a whisk.
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Using a rubber spatula, fold in the rest of the meringue in two batches.
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For the parchment paper in step 5, refer to the June 25th entry in my blog.
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Pour into the cake pan lined with parchment paper.
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Moisten with a squirt of water.
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Pour hot water into a baking sheet and drop the temperature to 160C.
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Steam-bake for 40 minutes.
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When done, peel parchment paper from its sides and cover it with a pan.
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Set aside to cool on a cake cooler.
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Make an open heart cake using the same amount of ingredients Instead of steam-baking, you could also bake for 15 minutes at 170C and 10 minutes at 160C.
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The result turned out nice, and took less effort.
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After it's cooled down, sift some powdered sugar to finish.
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For drinkers: brush on some brandy on the surface to improve its taste It tastes better if you let it rest in the fridge and serve it the following day.
