Wednesday, April 28, 2010

STEAMED MARBLE BUTTER CAKE

Steaming with Alex Goh again :D Yeah!!! This morning my friends, Connie & Maggie came .. they tried my Steam Gula Melaka Cupcake! Happy with thier comments.. TQ my dear ji mui :D hehe..

Maggie & I dicided to make this Steamed Marble Butter Cake. Wow... It turns out great :D



The texture is exactly the same as baked cakes :D Too much chocolate batter on top... hahaaa... can't see the marble effets. hehe :D

A
280g butter
200g sugar ( reduced )

B
4 eggs

C
300g flour
2 1/2 tsps double action baking powder

D
1/2 tbsp chocolate paste (** I used 1 tbsp chocolate powder + 3 tbsps hot water**)

Method :

1. Lightly grease & line 20cm round or square mould.
2. Beat A until light & fluffy. Add in B slowly, cream until smooth & light.
3. Add in sieved C, mix until well-blended.
4. Take 1/4 portion of the batter, mix with D until well-blended.
5. Pour plain batter into greased mould. Use a teaspoon to spoon the chocolate batter over the plain batter & swirl it to make marble effects.
6. Steam at high heat for 10 minutes, switch the heat to low & steam for another 60 minutes.
7. Leave the cake aside for 5 minutes before moving out from the mould.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

GULA MELAKA CUPCAKE

Hey,Gula Melaka AGAIN !!! hahaaa :D I'm back to my kitchen. It was been a long break since my last steam! My oven still under repair, really miss my oven :-( Anyway i cannot just wait for my oven to be repaired,so i keep looking for steamed food! Got myself some recipe books last 2 days.Here's something I'll like to share with you from one of my new collections. It's "Magic Steamed Cake from Alex Goh" Love this book so much...

Friends out there....no oven ??? So what are you waiting for? Let's start making steamed cake with Alex Goh :D This book contains butter cake, sponge cake, stir-mix cake & decorated cream cake !



The result is superb! The texture is fine & soft :D



Here the superb recipe :D

A
200g gula melaka
120g water

B
4 large eggs
80g sugar ( reduced )
1/2 tsp salt

C
150g corn oil
150g coconut milk

D
400g flour
1 tsp sodium bicarbonate ( avoided )
4 tsps double action baking powder

Method :
1. Cook A until sugar dissolved. Set aside to cool.
2. Whip B until sugar dissolved
and slightly thicken. Add in A and C, mix until well-blended.
3. Fold in sieved D, mix until well-combined.
4. Pour the batter into 10cm cupcake mould lined with paper cup.
5. Steam at high heat for 10 minutes, switch to low heat & continue to steam for 15 minutes.

** Gula melaka can be replaced by brown sugar**

Happy Steaming :D

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

GULA MELAKA FATT GOU

Have been looking something to steam because my oven still under repair. :-( Take so long to reapair the door... almost 1 month .. sigh ! :-(

Got this recipe from my sister!
I'm happy with the result because it was my 1st Fatt Gou. It's really FATT a..... hahaaa :D

But...i don't really like it because the taste of the yeast was too strong, it covered the taste of gula melaka :P Anyway.... if you are interested, do visit my sister's blog! http://http//reesekitchen.blogspot.com/2010/03/gula-melaka-fatt-goh.html
HAVE A NICE DAY @->--