Steamed cake with soy sauce
About steamed cake with soy sauce
This is a super simple steamed cake with subtle soy sauce flavor that can be made with one bowl. You can make batter just by adding the ingredients in order and mixing. The cake has a fine crumb and the texture is light, soft and moist. This is a recent hit at my family. The sweetness is also moderate, so you can warm it in the microwave and eat it for breakfast. It also contains condensed milk, so it has a milky taste as well.
The difference with other cakes is the addition of soy sauce. Since the amount of soy sauce is small, you can taste subtle flavor and saltiness of the soy sauce. Salted caramel has become popular, and the principle is similar. After first feeling the saltiness, the sweetness gradually comes. Therefore, the sweetness is felt even more prominently, and a “contrast effect” is created in which the saltiness enhances the sweetness.
As soy sauce is the essential ingredient for this recipe, I’ll put a link below about soy sauce, please read it if you like.
How to steam without steamer
I use a bamboo steamer, but I don’t think everyone has a steamer. However, you can make steamed cakes using a pot or frying pan with a lid.
Place the mold or cup filled with batter in a pot or frying pan lined with paper towels. Add boiling water into the pot / frying pan to about 1/3 of the height of the mold / cup and heat over high heat. Placing a paper towel under the mold or cup will prevent rattling.
Wrap the lid with a cloth, cover the pot or frying pan, and steam it for about 15 minutes when steam comes out. If you wrap the lid with a cloth, water droplets will not fall on the steamed cakes. It is important to fold it up firmly (tie it if possible) because there is a danger of catching fire if the cloth hangs down.
Soy sauce steamed cake
Equipment
- Steamer (if you don't have a steamer, pot or frying pan with a lid)
- 8 x small pudding mold or cup lined with oven paper, or heat-resistant paper cup
- a bowl
Ingredients
- 100 gram All purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon Baking powder
- 80 gram Fine granulated sugar
- 2 Large eggs
- 35 ml Milk
- 40~45 gram Sweetened condensed milk
- 60 ml Vegetable oil
- 5~15 ml Soy sauce (5 ml = 1 teaspoon, 15 ml = 1 tablespoon)
Instructions
- Sift the all-purpose flour into a bowl, add baking powder and sugar, and mix well with a whisk.
- Add eggs, milk, and sweetened condensed milk and mix well.
- Then add vegetable oil and mix until blended.
- Add soy sauce and mix.
- Pour the batter into a pudding mold / cup lined with oven paper or a heat-resistant paper cup. Note that if you pour too much batter, it will overflow during steaming.
- Steam on high heat for 15 to 18 minutes in a steamer. If you stick a bamboo skewer and the batter doesn't come, it's done. ( If you can't steam all at once, steam them in two parts.)
Notes
This is easy and delicious, so please make it. I posted a recipe for steamed cakes before, so please have a look the link below if you like.
Thanks for reading and Bon Appetit !
