STEAM MOIST CHOCOLATE CAKE

I am never a big fan of any kind of chocolate . Probably because I am always on " diet mode" which restrict me from " liking " certain food. Anyway , whether I like or not , CHOCOLATE is gaining fans all over the world. 


I was sitting down by the dining table thinking what should i bake for my nephew , Andrew. He is one of my " loyal fans " that has never say " no" when it comes to trying my cooking and baking . heehee.....................  So I have decided on a " not too dry " chocolate cake considering the weather and all . Seems that STEAM MOIST CHOCOLATE CAKE will be the best choice for now.................

I have always love baking and cooking though I have not been lucky to enroll myself to any of the courses available no matter how much I would love to. I have to use my own skill and knowledge thru the web to try out each and every new recipe. As much as I try to avoid eating chocolate , I was amazed by the result of my" Steam Moist Chocolate Cake" . 

Please forgive me for not having very good photos /photography skills. I am only equipped with my BB Torch 9800 as my current camera . heehee..................   Again I was too excited to try out the cake , I have actually forgotten to capture a picture of the whole cake before cutting a slice and trying it. It is just simply irresistibly yummy even without topping . Since I bake this at 3.00 am,  I was too lazy to add any toppings . Well to my surprise , it turns out excellent even without extra glossy marvelous toppings...... 




Ingredients


185g       Butter ( or Corn Oil )
180g       Castor Sugar
200ml     Evaporated Milk ( 1/2 can )
2              Eggs
125g       Plain flour ( I used Superfine Flour )
70g         Cocoa powder ( I use Van Houten  )
1/2 tsp    Baking powder
1/2 tsp    Baking soda
1 1/2 tsp Vanilla essence

• Combine castor sugar, Evaporated milk, vanilla essence and butter in a saucepan. 
• Stir constantly over low heat until sugar dissolved and butter melted, take away from heat and keep warm. 
• Add the lightly beaten eggs into the warm milk mixture and stir till well mix. 
• Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda into a large mixing bowl. Then pour the eggs mixture over the flour and stir till well mix (cake batter should be runny). 
• Greased a 9 inch baking pan 
• Pour the batter into prepared pan and place the pans into the Preheated steamer and cover the top of the pan loosely with a piece of aluminium foil. 
• Steam over medium heat for 1 hour 15 minutes 
• Cold the cake in pan before removing from the pan. Voila the Steam Moist Chocolate Cake is ready for Topppings. 

Chocolate Ganache ( I omitted this heehee )

250 g    Cooking chocolate, chopped
25 g      Butter
1/2 cup Whipping cream

Melt chopped chocolate over double boiler(at low heat), take away from heat, add in butter and whipping cream stir well mix, cool the Chocolate ganache a little before spreading on cake. (You can put it into the fridge for it harden faster to the right texture you like)


Recipe adapted from : bakingmum