Steamed Dark Brown Sugar Cake 蒸黑糖鸡蛋糕

A soft and light cake with a subtle dark brown sugar taste. You may not appreciate this cake if you prefer strong flavour cakes 🍰 Avoid taking the cake with strong flavour beverages, like coffee or hot chocolate, which may dull your taste buds 🚫☕

 

No baking powder nor baking soda is needed, the cake raises purely based on the leavening power of the beaten egg🌻

All ingredients in room temperature

Using 55g Omega 3&6 egg

Ingredient A

55g fresh milk 鲜奶

35g dark brown sugar 黒糖*

10g rice bran/mild flavour vegatable oil 米糠/植物油

Ingredients B

60g top/cake flour 低筋面粉

10g corn starch 栗米粉

Ingredient C

2 egg whites 蛋白

Pinch of salt 盐

35g raw sugar 黄砂糖

2 egg yolks 蛋黄

* I used organic dark brown sugar.

Directions 

1. Line a 14 cm round cake tin with parchment paper.

2. Mix ingredient A together in a heat resistant bowl.and set aside.

Heat the mixture in a rice cooker using "Keep Warm" function for about 5 to 8 minutes. 

Stir to dissolve the dark brown sugar. Let the brown sugar mixture cool down slightly before using.

3. Loosen ingredient B in a bowl using a hand whisk. Set aside.

4. In a clean and dry mixing bowl, sprinkle a pinch of salt over the egg whites of Ingredient C, and beat till frothy. 

Slowly add in the raw sugar, in 3 batches. Continue to beat till the whisks can draw up a long and narrow meringue.

5. Beat in the egg yolks, one at a time. Continue to beat till the batter can hold its shape for at least 5 seconds.

6. Fold in ingredient A and B in alternating sequence. Start with flour and end with flour.

7. Give the batter a thorough mixing using a spatula. Ensure no liquid ingredients sink at the bottom.

Do not over mix.

8. Pour the batter into the lined cake pan. 

Steam at medium heat for 5 minutes. The duration will depend on the batter temperature. This is also the duration for the centre of cake to rise from concave to plateau. 

Reduce the heat to low and continue to steam for about 12 to 15 minutes, or till an inserted cake tester drew out clean.

Keep the temperature low, so the cake will not rise too high and form a high dome top.
Do not open the lid while the cake is steaming! The cake will collapse if this happens.

When the top of the batter starts to flatten from concave, it is time to lower the heat.
When the batter rises, it will starts to rise from the side, and gradually move towards the centre. So the centre of the cake is the last to be inflated.

End of steaming. Test the cake with a cake tester while the cake is still in the pot. 

Drop the hot cake with the pan 3 times from a height of about 10cm. This is to prevent the cake from over shrinking.

9. Allow the cake to cool in the pan for about 5 minutes, before transferring out.

Let the cake cools down completely on a wire rack.

10. After the cake has completely cooled down, slice the cake and enjoy it 😋