These small cakes turned out perfect, both in taste and texture with well complemented ingredients and best to serve them warm
Author Ann Low
Prep Time 15 minutesmins
Cook Time 17 minutesmins
Total Time 32 minutesmins
Course Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine International
Difficulty Easy
Servings 9small cakes
Ingredients
80gbutter
4cheddar cheese slices
130mlfresh milk
3largeeggs
90gcaster sugar
1tspvanilla extract
1tbspgreen lime juice - or lemon juice
1lime zest - or lemon zest
210gself-raising flour
1/2tbspcocoa powder
15mlhot water
Instructions
Melt butter and cheese slices under hot water till melted. Add milk and stir mixture till combined. Add vanilla and lime juice, mix well and set aside till cool. Mix well cocoa powder and hot water and set aside.
Whisk eggs with an electric mixer till foamy, add sugar in 3 batches for about 2 minutes (no need to be very thick). Sieve in self-raising flour in two batches, fold well with rubber spatula.
Take out 4 tablespoons of plain batter and mix well with cocoa paste. Pour mixture into small piping bag.
Pour plain batter into 9 cupcake liners to 80 percent full. Pipe (cocoa batter) in circle or any design you like.
Heat up steamer pot with boiling water. Place cakes inside the steamer. Steam at medium heat for about 15-20 minutes or skewer inserted cake comes out clean.