Steamed Chocolate Cake
A light and airy chocolate cake you can make without using an oven. Serve it plain or with your favorite frosting.
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ stick Butter
- ½ cup Coconut Oil
- 1 cup Fine Sugar
- 1 cup Evaporated Milk
- 2 pcs Eggs lightly beaten
- 1 cup Flour
- ½ cup Cocoa Powder
- ¾ tsp Baking Powder
- ¾ tsp Baking Soda
- ¾ tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 can Dulce de Leche
- 4 oz Bittersweet Chocolate or dark chocolate / grated
Instructions
- Line and grease a 8 or 9 inch baking pan and set aside.
- Melt butter in a saucepan, add oil, evaporated milk and sugar.
- Stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved.
- Take off fire and slightly cool, add the beaten eggs and stir until well mixed.
- Heat up the steamer.
- Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda into a large mixing bowl.
- Fold flour mixture into the egg mixture. (or the other way around, it doesn't make any difference)
- Mix well until there are no more lumps.
- Pour into the prepared pan and place into the steamer and cover the top of the pan loosely with a piece of aluminium foil.
- Steam over medium heat for 45 mins.
- Cool the cake for about 10 minutes in the pan before turning out onto a wire rack.
- Completely cool before adding your favorite frosting.
- Heat dulce de leche and chocolate in a double boiler or a heavy bottomed pan over low heat.
- When chocolate is completely melted, stir well and let cool before using.
Notes
The dulce de leche frosting is a bit runny and heavy at the same time like a soft fudge and forms a crust on top; not good for piping or decorations.
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