蒸咖啡鸡蛋糕 Steamed Coffee Cake

I saw quite alot of these Steamed Coffee Cakes from the Baking Wonderland in Facebook.

So 1 of the cake caught my attention, looking very soft and fluffy, & I decided to give it a try.

Instead of 2 layers of coffee and 1 layer of the original, I made them the other way as I had overlooked on it.. So ended up with just 1 layer of coffee. I guess it was also better for me as the coffee flavour wouldn't be too overwhelming for the gals. On the other hand, the adults thought that having 1 layer of coffee did not enhance the "coffee taste".

Just a gentle reminder to use high heat to steam your cake else it would not be soft and fluffy. Also make sure that each layer is "steamed" at the recommended time.

Recipe as adapted from Samantha Too from BW

Ingredients:

5 eggs

90g sugar

150g top flour

1/4 tsp baking powder

40g instant coffee mix, mixed with 40ml hot water

Method:

1. Beat the eggs at high speed till frothy. Gradually add the sugar in 2 batches. Continue to beat for about 12 mins on high speed & another 5 mins on low speed.

2. Using a whisk, add in the sieved flour into the egg batter in 3 additions. Blend well.

3. Divide batter into 3 portions; 2 coffee batter & 1 original batter.

4. Pour the 1st layer of the coffee batter into a lined pan and steam on high heat for 12 mins, followed by the original batter for another 12 mins. Lastly followed by the remaining coffee portion and steam for another 15-18 mins. Test the readiness of the steamed cake by inserting a skewer stick. Remove from the pan and cool completely before cutting.

Soy Milk Tofu Steamed Cake (Vegetarian)

After a long month break for me... My boss is finally back tomorrow...

And this will be my last bake of Nov and my last submission to Aspiring Baker for November too...:-p

I will be going slow now and my bakes will be getting lesser from today onwards as my boss will be here till the 3rd week of December..Plus I will be heading down to Melaka for a short little getaway just before Christmas.. School will also start soon after my getaway and back to school for the gals in January... Time for me to revise my Mathematics again so that I can teach Nic.

So here wishing all my Baker Friends a wonderful week(for Nov) and an excellent Christmas period ahead!

This time, I am trying out a Soy Milk Tofu Steamed Cake.

As mentioned in my previous posts for the steamed cake, these cakes are again very simple, healthy ones. Besides that, they are vegetarian as well, as they are eggless. How about that?
These Soy Milk Tofu Steamed Cakes had a "Huat Kueh" texture, soft, moist & dense.

I am so glad that most of you liked these recent steamed recipes I had attempted this month:-D

Thank you all once again:)

Recipe yields 2 cups

Ingredients:

50g tofu, mashed & sieved

40g sugar

90ml soy milk

100g plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tbsp canola oil

Method:

1. Grease the moulds and set aside.

2. Add in the sieved tofu, sugar & soy milk, mix well. Add in the flour+baking powder, mix well. Add in the oil and mix until well blended.

3. Pour the batter into the greased mould and steam over medium high heat for about 15-20 mins.

I hope everyone will enjoyed these Soy Milk Tofu Steamed Cake:-D

I am submitting this to Aspiring Bakers #25 – Steaming Hot Cakes (November 2012) hosted by Miss B of Everybody Eats Well in Flanders

Earl Grey Milk Tea Steamed Cake in Cups

How about a cuppa of Earl Grey Milk Tea Steamed Cake???

These milk tea cakes goes with with chocolates though...hehehehe...

Unfortunately, those chocolate chips were excellent for baking in the oven but not for steaming as they totally melt as the heat rises...:-p Nevertheless, these cakes tasted excellent.

Do not have too much expectations of these cakes though. These steamed cakes are very simple, plain ones. It is excellent for people who prefer a slightly bland taste, not so sweet steamed cake.

As most of you would have realised, most of the steamed cakes that I had attempted are rather healthy I would say:-D

For me, I do enjoyed these steamed cakes very well. What about you?

For Earl Grey Tea lovers, you might wish to try them???

Ingredients:

1 egg

40g sugar

1 earl grey tea bag

50ml hot water

100ml milk

100g plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tbsp canola oil

Method:

1. Soak the tea bag in the hot water for about 3 mins. Add in the milk, and boil over low heat for about 5 mins. Set aside to cool for latter use.

2. Lightly coat the cups with oil, and set aside.

3. Mix egg & sugar until sugar had dissolved. Add in the cool milk tea, mix well.

4. Add in the sieved flour+baking powder, mix until well blended. Add in the oil and mix until well combined.

5. Pour the batter into the cups and steam over medium high heat for about 12-15 mins.

I am submitting this to Aspiring Bakers #25 – Steaming Hot Cakes (November 2012) hosted by Miss B of Everybody Eats Well in Flanders

Sesame Wheat Steamed Donuts 芝麻全麥蒸面包

These little steamed donut bread had caught my attention as they looked pretty adorable.

Using wholemeal flour & sesame seeds for part of the ingredients, these donut bread were actually quite healthy as well. But I do not have wholemeal flour at home, I replaced it with wheat flour instead. The wholemeal flour will give the donut bread a little brownish in color whereas mine is not due to the wheat flour.

This full recipe is about to yeild about 12-15, 5-cm donut size.

Coat the donut tray with canola oil and sprinkle some sesame seeds on it. Pipe the batter in about 3/4 full as the bread will rise.
Miss B, this is how I steamed my cakes... hehehehe. Using my wok and a metal rack:-p

All ready to be tested... I wasn't too sure if this steamed bread will be yummy by the look of them...

And they were yum yum indeed!! A soft texture. Nothing fanciful but just a small little donut, and it's healthy steamed bread makes it all. Plus the sesame seeds on the top and bottom of the bread, it was fantastic.

Recipe as adapted from 杯子蒸面包 by Akemi Komatsuzaki

Ingredients:

1 egg

40g sugar

60ml milk

100g wholemeal flour (I used wheat flour)

1 tsp baking powder

1 tbsp canola oil + a little for greasing the pan

2 tbsp sesame seeds(can use black sesame seeds)

Method:

1. Grease the donut pan with oil and sprinkle half of the sesame seeds into the pan. Set aside.

2. Whisk the egg, sugar & milk untill well-combined.

3. Fold in the flour+baking powder, mix well.

4. Add in the oil and mix until well blended.

5. Transfer the batter into a piping bag and fill the pan about 3/4 full. Sprinkle the balance sesame seeds onto of the batter.

6. Steam over medium fire for about 12-15 mins.

I am submitting this to Aspiring Bakers #25 – Steaming Hot Cakes (November 2012) hosted by Miss B of Everybody Eats Well in Flanders

Enjoy these little mini donut bread:)

小叮当来咯 Doraemon is here...!!!

How about having Doraemon now???

Using the same recipe as the LadyBugs & Angry Bird Steamed Cupcakes, this time round I had "drawn" Doraemon on them. Still look OK?

And also, this time I had taken more pictures, so that it will or might be clearer or helpful to you.

^^

Below are the batter mixed in 3 colors, blue, black & red for the main colors need for Doraemon, plus the original batter. So total you will require 4 different colored batter.

This is the picture I gotten from the internet.

This is how I started the "drawing"... All in 4 easy sticks this time..:-p

Step 1: Filling the cupcake case about 70-80% full with the blue batter.

Step 2: You might wanna outline the eye & face area first before piping them with the original batter.

Step 3: Outline the eye area, mouth & whiskers with the black batter using a skewer stick.

Step 4: Lastly, for the nose, put a drop of red batter, using the skewer stick.

Step 5: Steam for about 15 mins.

Step 6: Remove from heat and set aside to cool.

Step 7: Let's enjoyed & EAT THEM!!!

Hope all these methods are cleared enough:-p

A closer view...

Nat was pretty excited with these Doraemon this time too. After the Angry Birds steamed cupcakes, she was very keen when she heard me mentioned about making Doraemon. She kept asking me if the cupcakes were ready as she wanted to try them. Even when I was photo-taking them, she asked if I'm done...
So I quickly snap-shots these cupcakes and gave one to her. She was enjoying them...

Mimi, on the other hand, told me she preferred 蜡笔小新. :-p

So should I or not attempt this challenge soon??? hahaha....

Aren't they adorable...???

For these Doraemon Steamed Cupcakes, I had used 2/3 of the original ingredients and they could fetch about 10 normal size cupcakes.

(Credit going back to MuiMui, from My Little Favourite DIY for her great steamed cupcakes recipe:))

Ingredients:

2 cold eggs

180g plain flour

2 tsp baking powder

100ml fresh milk

2/3 tsp ovalette

125g castor sugar

1 tsp vanilla essence

Method will be as stated in the above part.

So Doraemon fans, have fun!!! :)

I am submitting this to Aspiring Bakers #25 – Steaming Hot Cakes (November 2012) hosted by Miss B of Everybody Eats Well in Flanders.

Ladybugs Attack!!!! - Steamed Strawberry Cupcakes

I came across these adorable ladybugs steamed cupcakes from Mui Mui's blog, My little Favourites DIY. I had bookmarked this recipe from her. It was a definitely must-try recipe as the steamed cupcakes are simply so irresistable and interesting... Wouldn't you think so too???

 Last Sunday I was bounded at home as my air-conditioner needed a completed clean-over... Going through my bookmarked recipes, this recipe caught my attention... I finally bucked up myself and started trying out this recipe when the servicing of the air-conditioners went on...

Nat was pretty excited with the makings of these cupcakes as she said that the cupcakes are so pretty..
Below pictures shows the step by step of how you should pipe the pictures of these ladybugs. It was quite a challenge initially, but I found fun piping the colors for the ladybugs.

It was really a great achievement seeing the cupcakes rose up nicely, with the laybugs pictures... I was pretty excited seeing them...Taste wise???? They tasted very much like 鸡蛋糕. Soft & smooth texture of these cupcakes.. What about my gals???

Oh.... what have we here????

An odd little ladybug amongst the rest of the pink ladybugs...

And I can't help taking so many pictures on these adorable steamed ladybugs cupcakes!!!!

Nat & MiMi liked the cupcake very much, whereas for Nic did not fancy them at all... I had brought some to my office and everyone were as fasinated as me... hahahaha...

Here is the recipe originated from Mui Mui's blog 

Ladybug Steam cupcake

Ingredients:

3 cold eggs

275g plain flour

3 tsp baking powder

150ml fresh milk

1 tsp ovalette

220g castor sugar

1 tsp vanilla essence

Method:

1) Put all the ingredients ina mixing bowl and beat with medium high speed for 6 minutes.

2) Take 1 tbsp plain mixture and put into a piping bag. 

3) Take 3 tbsp plain mixture, mix with brown colouring and put into piping bag.

4) Colour the rest of the mixing with bright red and filled into a piping bag.

5) Pump the red into a paper cup about 8% full. Draw a cross with the brown mixture and do dots on both sides.Colour the upper half of the cross brown and make 2 plain dots for the eye and fill the inside with the plain mixture.

6) Steam with meduim high heat for 12 minutes. 

Bake Along #25 - Bake Along 1st Anniversary Layer Cake - Macadamia Chocolate Cake

I hadn't had much time recently as I was busy with Missy's school homework. I had baked this cake a couple of weeks back, and I had saved it for this Bake-Along #25, 1st Annivesary Layer Cake theme, as I thought I would have much time to bake when the time comes.. Luckily I came into my blog today and saw the other bakers' posting for this Bake-Along 1st Annivesary Layer Cake theme... hehehe.... Else, I could have missed it out....

Wishing Bake-Along a very Happy Happy 1st Anniversary...

And from this Bake-ALong, I was glad that I had known the Bake-Along hosts, Joyce, Lena & Zoe. I have gotten to meet more Bakers whom bakes are so wonderful, and a great sharing place:))

Here is my bake, the Macadamia Chocolate Cake.

It was a really easy recipe to bake and try out.

I am very bad with slicing my cake into layers as they usually turns out to be out of shape or they are not evenly sliced... I have yet to find the perfect solution or the easiest way to slice them into layers.. hahaha... But I was glad, that this time, the layers were kinda equally thick... oops...:-p

This chocolate cake I made this time, was by steaming. The outcome of the cake was not too bad. I had actually expected it to be slightly hard after refrigeration, but it was still in a perfect condition.

The recipe was using hazelnut, but I do not have any, thus I replaced it with macadamia, which works fine as well. As for the side of the cake, I have mixed with some almond for the "browning" color of the nuts.

This cake was a hit among my family... We all love it sooooooo much... The macadamia nut cream was very good too. Not too buttery nor too rich, with the not-too-sweet and soft, steamed chocolate cake, it did compliment the whole cake as it should be...
I simply LOVE this cake, plus my layers were nicely sliced this time... hahahaha....

I could resist but to have a slice of the cake everyday, which usually I don't... Sinful as it was, it was worth it:))

Here is the recipe I adapted from Alex Goh's Steamed Cake recipe:

(with slight modification)

Steamed Chocolate Cake

(A)

320g sponge mix flour (we can use chocolate sponge mix as well)

4 eggs

(B)

30g water

(C)

1 tbsp chocolate emulco (can omit this if you use choc sponge mix)

(D)

50g melted butter

Method:

1. Whip (A) untick thick. Add in (B), whip until light & fluffy.

2. Add in (C), mix until well blended.

3. Add in (D), mix until well blended.

4. Pour into a greased and line 20cam round mould.

5. Steam for about 40 mins or until a skewer comes out clean.

Macadamia Cream

(A)

Butter cream

500g butter

150g icing sugar

1 tsp vanilla essence

*Cream butter & icing sugar until light & fluffy.

(B)

Custard

90g instant custard powder

220g milk

*Mix all ingredients until well combined. Leave aside until thicken.

Ingredients:

300g butter cream

300g custard

60g toasted ground macadamia nuts + extra for the side of the cake

Method:

1. Mix all ingredients until well-blended.

Assembly of the cake:

1. Slice the cake into 3 equal layers.

2. Sandwich the cake layers with the macadamia cream.

3. Cover the whole cake with the cream andcover the side of the cake with the toasted ground macadamia (i added some almond nuts for the "browning" effect)

4. Refrigerate until firm. Decorate as desired.

As I wrote this blog in the office, I wasn't able to load up the Bake-Along icon in here, due to some security blockage that our office had set... The pictures of my cake was loaded up at home, and I had totally forgotten to load up the Bake-Along icon.

So Bake-Along Hosts, do pardon me for this:-(

Happy 1st Anniersary to Bake-Along once again!!

Let's take a look at the other bakers for the wonderful recipes too:))

My March Holidays

14-16 Mar 2012

This is quite a lengthy post... As my maid is actually away for her 1-month leave back home to Philippines, my hubby and I have to take leave to look after the 3 children. So in between this period of time, we went for a short trip to Genting Highlands for 3D2N stay.

Well, seriously, I have never really been to Genting Highlands... :-p Maybe I did, but that was many many years back in my early 20s, when my friends and I drove up there, but due to exhaustion, we just slept n rested in the room.... hahahah!!!!

Ok, here we are, our nice cosy room in Genting, but of course, I booked the highest room category as I need to have a bath tub in the room for my children... They are simply fascinated with the bath tub whenever we go for holiday... They just LOVED it!!! So this World Club room I booked was huge as you can see, and the bath tub was put into great use...:-D

Here is our great mountain view from our room, the clear and the misty cloudy view. The children enjoyed the view and the "breeze" too...Not much of rides for the children as some rides had a minimim height restrictions... well, too bad, next time perhaps... Overall, Genting Highlands is just simply filled with millions of people... We might go there again in September though... We will go to the mushroom farm and strawberry farm in our next Genting trip:-D

18 Mar 2012

My eldest daughter turns 7 years old on 21st Mar, so this year, we decided to let her have a small little birthday celebrations with her friends at home. We had hired an entertainer who does balloon sculpting and games for 1.5hrs. But it was more of games, which I prefer more balloon sculpting...^-^
I had made a black forest filling cake for Nic's birthday, plus about 20 chocolate cupcakes.

Hello Kitty Cake & Cupcakes

Nic wanted to have a Hello Kitty theme, and so, a very simple black forest cake. I bought those icing templates and I just piped the cream around the icing. Cute, isn't it. I bought these icing template online and it cost me 24pcs for S$12.00.

Hope Nic likes her birthday cake & cupcakes.

I guess my friend and I were more excited in the cake than the children as they were too engrossed with the balloons and games... :-p

There, time to sing a birthday song and cut the cake....

Her birthday presents from her friends...:-D

It had been a really noisy and messy day, especially without my maid around... hahahaha... Hubby and I had to clean up, luckily my girlfriend also helped out. Lesson learnt, it's better to have a party outside the home as I don't have to clean up the mess after the party... hmmm....

19 Mar 2012

This week start, hubby and myself are on a alternate day rotation to look after the girls. I haven't had time to go marketing as we just got back from Genting last Friday. And we headed off to Johor Bahru to do our nails while hubby when for his massage... And Sunday was Nic's birthday party.... So that's what I can dig out from my fridge....

This is my 1st decent "cooked" meal since 1 year ago when my maid had also went back during the same period last year.

Steamed fish with salted bean, fried eggs with sausages and stir-fried xiao bai cai with prawns.

Not too bad, Nat & Mimi finished their fair share of dinner:-D

21 Mar 2012

So today after I send Nat to school, I wanted to make cookies using my cute cookie cutter which I had bought last year. Yet to use and tried them out. So finally, today I get a chance to put them in good use... Cute right... Mimi was very interested with these Hello Kitty and Miffy cookies. She had also poked her tiny finger on the Miffy and said, "rabbit cry cry"....

Hello Kitty, Miffy & Doremon Cookies

I was trying to get Mimi's attention in the photo shots, but I guessed she was too restless and bored as I told her to let me take a picture of her before she ate her Hello Kitty cookie... :-p But I did managed to make her laughed in the end:-D

I made some cookies for my girlfriend's kids as well, all of them were very happy and finished the cookies in no time...!!!

For cookie recipe, please click HERE.

Hehehe.... I made steamed cake too... Using the sponge mix, and the previous recipe I tried. This time I use pomengrate tea syrup I got from Korea. Hmmm, I think I should had used more of the syrup as it wasn't that fruity as I had wanted it to be... But so far the testers had said it was good though...???

Pomengrate Steamed Cake

Texture of the steamed cake was smooth and yummy though:-D

For Steamed Cake recipe, please click HERE.

Dinner time...

We had planned to go for dinner outside as it was Nic's actual birthday today. But it started raining so heavily and plus Nic was still napping, so I decided not to go out for dinner. Luckily I had cooked the chicken soup in the afternoon... I quickly whipped up the broccoli and the seafood with salted fish fried rice. Mimi loves the fried rice very much and she had a big bowl of it...