Japanese Steamed Cake

Name: How to cook Japanese Steamed Cake - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

A Chef and A Mom

Japanese Steamed Cake

Soft, moist and fluffy, these Japanese sweet buns or steamed cakes are fun to make and so addictive, that you will be drooling after a bite! A very different and surprising dessert for the Easter

Ingredient

Food ration :

4 servings

Cooking time :

12 mins

250 gms

self raising flour(superfine baking flour)

3 tablespoons

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Pour the water in a steamer,cover and bring it to boil

* Step 2

Meanwhile put all the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix well

* Step 3

Add oil, milk, vanilla and condensed milk one after the other and fold in well

* Step 4

Add the eggs next and whisk hard/well until the sugar is well dissolved in the batter

* Step 5

Finally sieve in the flour bit by bit to create a gooey cake mixture

* Step 6

The mixture should be like a normal cake mix(not very runny, but not too thick either)

* Step 7

Pour in the batter upto half the capacity of your mould

* Step 8

Place the cake moulds in the steamer and steam cook for 10-12 minutes on Low heat

* Step 9

Check by inserting a knife or toothpick, to see if the steamed cakes are ready

* Step 10

Take off the steamer once done and let cool and then unmould

* Step 11

Enjoy warm if you like freshly steamed cakes or refrigerate them to have them chilled. Enjoy!

* Step 12

Tip:If using plain all purpose flour, add a teaspoon of baking powder to the batter. Do not over steam, or else the cakes would harden from within, instead of being fluffy. You can steam using both, silicon moulds or paper cups

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