Soft and spongy steamed cakes and they are most delicious when eaten immediately after steaming
Author Ann Low
Prep Time 10 minutesmins
Cook Time 15 minutesmins
Total Time 25 minutesmins
Course Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine Asian
Servings 5cakes
Ingredients
1large egg
60gcaster sugar
1/4tspvanilla extract
80mlfresh milk
1.5tbspcorn oil
100gcake flour or plain flour
10gcorn flour
1/2tbspbaking powder
Instructions
In a bowl, combine egg and sugar together, stir well till sugar dissolved. Add milk and corn oil, stir well again.
Sift in flour, corn flour and baking powder. Stir till mixture combined.
Scoop out about 1.5 tablespoon plain batter and mix with 1 tsp cocoa powder or matcha powder (sifted), Mix well and pour cocoa batter into a small piping bag.
Pour plain batter into 5 cupcake liners. Pipe (cocoa batter) straight parallel lines on top of plain batter. With a skewer pull across the lines in one direction. Then the opposite way to create feather pattern or create your own pattern on the cake..
Heat up steamer pot with boiling water. Place cakes inside the steamer. Wrap the cover with muslin cloth preventing the water drips onto the cake making it soggy. Steam at medium heat for about 15 minutes and serve.