Fabulous Steamed Banana Cake 蒸香蕉蛋糕 - LTU

Steamed cake vs Oven Baked
I choose to steam the cake over baking it. What about you?



Baked cake is dense and a bit dry unlike the steamed cake, which is light moist and fluffy, that is my experience in my cake making journey.
Would you like to  share your views and  experience? 

Here is some comparison that might help, click here.

Beside steamed Banana Cake, I shared recipes on Steamed Peppermint Orange layered Cake, Steamed Pandan Layer Cakes and the most popular Super Moist Steamed Chocolate cake.

Here I would to highlight my Irresistible Super Moist Steamed Chocolate Cake which is a hit even at  my charity cooking demo at Ti-Ratana, Penchala, PJ, Spastic Centre, PJ and Shelter Home.  
A sure keeper!


Updated on 9th September 2014, Steamed another Banana Cake using Clabber Girl baking Powder (strongly recommended by our famous Chef William Tan)  You may join his fanpage.  for interesting recipes.

Steamed Banana Cake with Clabber Girl Baking Powder and w/o CG

The results - The cake is more spongy and soft with Clabber Girl Baking Powder. My family love it! So do U! 

 

This version of Steamed Banana cake is marvelous, its light, fluffy and moist!  We love it!

Simple Apple Butter Cake

This is the Apple Butter Cake that I demonstrated during the Charity Cooking Demonstration for the Spastic Center last Saturday!  

Here I would like to draw  attention to those who are from Klang Valley,  there is a Charity Cooking Demonstration on the  last Saturdays of each month (except Puasa Month) for Spastic Center, Petaling Jaya.  With a small sum  RM15/- (this  amount should be increase since price of everything has gone up), you will not only have a  cooking demo but with lucky draws and light refreshments.  But above all, this is  small & noble way to help children in need.  The Spastic Center needs your kind assistance be a cooking demonstrator or a participant to bring smiles to the less fortunate.  Do let me know if you wish to help.   A Big Thank you  all!

During the demo session I sold an Yogurt Cake and an Apple cake and the proceeds to benefit the children of Spastic Center.  

TQ this kind lady for helping me out during the demo at Spastic Centre,PJ

Chef Azrah is busy getting ready for her demonstration.  The gentle lady beside me is Datin Faridah who is the president of  Charity  Cooking Demo group!

Simple Carrot Cake

It is after my 2nd attempt on this Carrot Cake, this post finally  able to post it to my blog.  My 1st attempt, the taste of the cake is delicious  but the texture is bit moist.  

My 2nd attempt without frosting.

My 1st attempt with the cream cheese fronting with lemon zest and juice added.

Special thanks to Ms Julie Tan of Ti-Ratana Jalan Penchala, Petaling Jaya for demonstrating this lovely Carrot Cake during the Charity Cooking Demonstration  in April 2014.

Fabulous Steamed Peppermint Orange Layered Cake 蒸橙汁千层蛋糕

My second Steamed layer cake. But the end product is not as satisfied as the previous Steamed Layer Cake with Pandan flavors.  Clink here to check it out!  The contrast of the layers are not clear as it should be, my attention was diverted by  my daughter in Melbourse over WhatApps on the making of her Unbaked Oreo Cheesecake.  I blamed it on her for my poor performance.   Hahahaa.....  feeling better now.
But  nevertheless I still need some kind words from you to console me as I spend 3 hours to prepare the cake.   Hehe....

The verdict ~   I was overwhelmed with the  response ( I brought some with me ) from my friends at Spastic Centre, Petaling Jaya during the  Charity Cooking demo today.  They like the cake very much as the cooling sensation  of peppermint  linger on........      Hurray to me! 

Irreissitable Super Moist Steamed Chocolate Cake # 2

For those chocolate cake lovers out there, I am pretty sure this Super moist Steamed chocolate cake not only  melts your mouths and it melts your hearts too.  
I demonstrated  the way to prepare this chocolate to the maid at my brother's house,  she would be able to make  this cake for  my brother's family especially for my father who is a chocolate lover. The result is not so moist  compare to the cake that I steamed again for Tammie's friends  (Matriculation Perak for the year 2012)    who came down to Kuala Lumpur for a short holiday.  They are very anxious wanted to taste  Tammie's mom home food.  Hi guys!  How you like Aunty Christine home made cake, give your comments, good or bad are most welcome!

Check out my earlier posting of  Moist Steamed Chocolate Cake, another hit of chocolate cake too.  

 The cake is so moist and tempting.  Can you resist?

 

 The cake was prepare in a hurry for Tammie to meet up with her friends, so I did not manage to take more photos to tempt you further......   hehe....

Red Yeast Cottony Ogura Cake #11

May is almost coming to a close, and this is my 3rd post of the month.  Felt left far behind and time really don't wait for me!  Long list of things to do,  and time is always  not enough. 

On the other hand, something to cheer me up is the pageview of my blog finally reached 100K and  with 80 followers though at the pace of a snail.   Yeah!  The journey has not been smooth sailing with lot of hiccups and set back.  I would like to take this opportunity to THANK YOU for following and supporting me.  Muakssss...

This round I am adding  red yeast powder to my Zebra Ogura Cake with the other portion I added few drops of peppermint to add the extra flavours and found that the combination is superb! 

   The texture is as soft as ever!  Love it!

 

Ogura Cake With Palm Sugar #8 椰糖相思蛋糕

My Irresistible awesome and yet healthy (no butter and  less sugar ) Ogura Cake Series  contintues..........

This round I added in palm sugar  (gula melaka) and poppy seeds to give that extra  oumph!  
Yesss!   To all my dear baking enthusiast on facebook, the answer is PALM SUGAR (GULA MELAKA)  flavor!  And no one got the answer lo...         Cheers and enjoy!

Care to join me for a cup of hot lemon tea with Gula Melaka Ogura Cake?

 Added some poppy seeds to enhance the flavor and make it more attractive!

Simple Orange Butter Cake 香橙奶油蛋糕

A  very basic and simple Orange Butter cake specially baked for hubby. He does not fancy cheese cake unlike my 3 children. As for me, I prefer healthier cakes with less butter, less sugar and less cream.  A family of 5 with different likings, the task of cooking and baking in the house is no easy task!   Many of you  agree with me 100%.  Right?    

Another butter cake with green tea is shared in my earlier post. 

Bamboo Charcoal Ogura Cake #5 黑炭相思蛋糕

These 2 days in the mood of posting  my Ogura Cakes series,  keeping  the momentum  and push myself  to go on and on.............  Gambateh! Christine Gambateh!

 

This  recipe for Ogura Cake of any flavor is sure a keeper.

Irresistible Coffee Ogura Cake Tempations #3 咖啡相思蛋糕 - MFF Johore month '13

You bake, She bake, everybody is baking this cake as it is  a big hit  recently    among many  Chinese bloggers  and even in the circle of facebook friends and groups.   With too many posting everywhere, really confused and mixed up  who is the actual person who  share this fantastic recipe. Any way a BIG thank you to  her (She is Jasmine Ang, Right?)
The recipe shared  is in Chinese.  I translated it into English for benefit to all other baking enthusiasts . 

Came to know that  there is a famous  cake shop with 5 outlets  selling  Ogura cakes  in Batu Pahat, Johore  with Pandan, original, coffee and chocolate flavors. 

 This is my 3nd  Coffee Ogura Cake  咖啡相思蛋糕 (1st is a plain coffee flavored cake, 2nd with zebra patten and this 3rd cake with butter cream) and the Green Tea Ogura Cake , Pandan Ogura Cake  that I'd  posted onto my blog.  Whereas, the Cheese Ogura cake  and bamboo charcoal are yet to make the appearance here.  Hoping to improve further with more baking practice! 


The main reason that I baked this Ogura Cake again is to join the event of Malaysia Food Fest for the month of Johore ~ March 2013.  The cake must sandwiched with  butter cream as  one of the term and condition.  But all my previous bake are without those fattening butter cream woh...   That's explain my all new   Irresistible Coffee Ogura Cake Tempations is born lo.  ^_^

Here,  I am sincerely apologize for the presentation and the photography skills are not up to marks.  Food blogging and photography and presentation of end products are very close relationship.  I am having tough time and still trying very hard  to fulfill these  3 elements  in my blogging journey.  =(
The only consolation is the end products taste superb.  Its moist, cotton soft, the texture is springy  and more healthy.   

 

     The cake looks a bit messy tim!    Sorry!  The photo was picked so reluctantly!  And yet the cake was gone in no time!!!    LOL

Ogura Green Tea Cakes Temptations #2 綠茶相思蛋糕

When I made this green tea Ogura Cake was in the mood to create an  Zebra  pattern effect.  Hmmm...   The end result is  Ok only!    Just love to play with the swirling of batter.  
You may like to take a look of my  other Agura cake namely Ogura coffee Cake, Ogura coffee  cake with butter cream. 

 Green Tea Ogura Cake ~  For all green tea lovers like me!

Japanese Green Tea Cotton Cheesecake

Another cheesecake temptation with some amendments to suit my family.   Ot you may prefer my earlier posting on the Baked Cotton Cheesecake, another favorite cake too.

Texture of the cake is light and  soft like cotton with poppy seeds to give that extra chewy treat.

  

 Recipe adapted from  Fantastic Cheesecake by Alex Goh

Ingredients A

160 g cream cheese

25g butter 

120 milk

Japanese Coffee Agura Cake 咖啡相思蛋糕

Chanced upon   this popular Japanese Agura Cake through Facebook with many baking enthusiastic posting their photos almost everyday!   And most of these home baker are Chinese educated in my facebook account.  The call this  the   相思蛋糕 in Chinese and is  literately means acacia.  

I go for coffee favor for my 1st attempt for this extra soft cake. 

The texture of the cake is super soft and feather light!  
Another plus point of this cake is corn oil is used instead of butter, that make it a Healthy Cake!   Hoooorayy!!
The only set back that I am unhappy is the uneven temperature of my 'time for retirement'  oven!  ^_^

Recipe adapted from FB Jasmine Ang in Chinese version and   I had  made some adjustment.

Ingredients A

Corn oil  65gm

Milk 80 ml ( I used HL milk)

1/4 tsp salt

6 Egg yolk

1 egg

65gm Superfine flour

1tsp Nescafe  + 1tbsp hot water (you may replace with other favor eg. 20gm pandan juice, or  1tsp chocolate emulco and etc etc)

Few drops of coffee emulco

Ingredients B

6 egg white

75gm caster sugar

1/4 tsp cream of tartar

 

Method A

1. Beat egg yolk, whole egg, corn oil, milk and salt till foamy.
2. Mix in flour and coffee slowly till well blended.  Keep aside.

Method B

1. Beat egg white till foamy add in cream of tartar and sugar, continue beating until the egg white will not drop when over turn the mixing bowl.
2. Mix A and B slowly till well combined.
3. Pour in a 9" cake pan and  using steam bake method and bake  for 45 mins at 170°C
4. Over turn the cake to cool.

I will post more of my Japanese Agura Cake with different favors in the making.  Do follow me closely !  ^_^

Simple Green Tea Butter Cake 绿茶奶油蛋糕

I will make every effort to bake any cakes (chiffon, cheese), pie, puff with green tea as one the ingredients!    A fluffy and moist Green Tea Butter Cake, highly recommended to give it a go!

Updated on 28th March 2013, sharing another Orange butter cake's recipe.

Superior Steamed Miost Chocolate Cake

First of all thank you my Muslim  neighbour for  sharing such an easy but premium Steamed Chocolate Cake。  The recipe given to me was  in Bahasa Malaysia.   Hope I got the translation right!   On the topping, I am sharing with you 2 type of chocolate toppings with you!

An old fashioned Steamed Moist Chocolate Cake

 

 

Indonesian Layer Cake 印尼千层蛋糕

I only bake this  once a year during Lunar New Year celebration as the ingredients needs lot of egg yolks and  plenty of patients to bake it layer by layer.  This Chinese New year of water Dragon  is my 2nd attempts for Indonesian Layer Cake.  My 1st attempt was during Chinese New Year time too.  Will I bake this cake again next year??  Haha.... who knows  ....  hope to take up the challenge again next year!

               

 This was the Layer Cake I baked during last Chinese New Year!  A great success!

Healthy Moist Lemon Yogurt Cake

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祝大家圣诞节快乐。
First of all Wishing Everyone Merry Christmas and A very Happy New Year 2012 with abundance of joys and Happiness!

 Sharing with all fans out there one the eve of Christmas Day  is my new edition of my Moist Lemon Sour Cream  Cake.  I replaced the sour cream to Yogurt to make a more healthy cake.  The texture and the taste was not affected by the amendment at all.  Another success of my trial and error attempt!   Kudos to myself!   \(o_o)/!!

Incredible Supreme Dark Chocolate Cake

 Its moist, its soft, its melt in the mouth, the incredible flourless dark chocolate cake

 Melted butter and cooking chocolate

   

Beating Egg white and sugar till soft peaks form

 Folding in the egg white mixture into the chocolate mixture.

A heavenly Moist Dark Chocolate Cake

 This photo was taken from the orignal recipe book.  

 My end product of the chocolate cake looks moist and  more appealing!  Don't you agree?  ^_^

I had baked  similar cake before but it is not as good as this.  At the glace of the above photo, its doesn't look appealing to try out the recipe.  I decided to give a go after going through the ingredients and method. 

Moist Lemon Sour Cream Cake

This cake is specially for those who love the aroma of lemon. It is best you double the amount on the ingredients otherwise the cake will turn out to be small and shorties like the one I have here. But this small cake is just nice for a small family like mine.

Coffee Walnut Cake

Whenever I eat cake that bought from bakery shop, sure to scrap away the all the creams on the cakes. So I don't intend to decorate cake with cream,