2011年7月19日星期二

Steamed moist chocolate cake


Ingredients:
180 g butter
200 g caster sugar
200 g full cream evaporated milk
2 eggs, slightly beaten with fork
100 g plain flour
50 g cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp vanilla extract or 1 tsp vanilla essense

 Method
1Combine caster sugar, evaporated milk, vanilla extract or essense and butter in a saucepan.
2Stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved and butter is melted, turn off the fire and keep warm.
3Add the beaten eggs into the slightly cold evaporated milk mixture and stir till well mix.
4Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda into a large mixing bowl, then 5pour the eggs mixture over the flour and stir till well mix (cake batter should be runny)
6Heat up the steamer.
7Lined and greased a 8 or 9 inch round baking pan.
8Pour the batter into the lined pan and place the pan into the steamer and cover the top of the     pan loosely with a piece of aluminium foil.
9Cover the steamer and steam over medium heat for 45 mins.
  Cool the cake in pan before turning out for further decoration.  


Chocolate Fudge Topping
200 g condense milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract or 1 tsp vanilla essense
2 tbsp corn oil
20 g cocoa powder, sifted
a pinch of salt

1.Combine the sifted cocoa powder, condense milk and oil.
2.Stir over low heat till thicken.
3.Add in salt and vanilla extract or essense.
4.Cool the chocolate topping a little before spreading on the cake. Refrigerated before serve it.