Ah Mah’s Traditional steamed sponge cake 鸡蛋糕

When i was a kid, the only cake i know is 鸡蛋糕 Ci Tan Kou (steamed egg sponge cake). But i have no chance to learn this cake from my Ah Mah (grandmother) and other types of kuih-mueh (cakes) from her as she passed away when I still young. Luckily i have blogger friend Jane's Ah Mah recipe, so I can taste a truly old fashion of steamed sponge cake, Thanks to Jane's Ah Mah!

Ang Ku Kueh, glutinous rice steamed cake with sweet filling

My 1st time did “Ang Ku Kueh” but not “Ang” (red) colour but purple, but I love the natural purple from the purple sweet potato, This is a traditional Chinese cake with small oval shape (the usual is in red) with glutinous rice as outer layer and sweet filling inside. See my mom’s Ang Ku Kueh here.

Before doing this kueh, I called to my mom to check the ingredients, as usual she just agak-agak (estimate) the ingredients. Luckily I remember Reesekitchen made this kuih before, so I use her recipe as reference and incorporate my mom’s recipe. Thanks to Reese for kind sharing.

Ang Ku Kueh ( Glutinous rice steamed cake with sweet filling)
(printable recipe)

Sweet Filling
250g mung beans/green beans
140g sugar
3tbsp corn oil

1. Rinse mung beans several times till water run clear, soak in clean water for 1hour or more.
2. Discard the water, place beans on a steaming tray, steam over medium flame for 45mins.
3. While beans still hot, place beans, sugar and oil in a food processor, process till fine.
4. Shape into 10g small ball

Sweet Potato dough
300g sweet potatoes, cut into big pieces
200g glutinous rice flour
1tbsp rice flour
2tbsp sugar
3tbsp corn oil
180ml water

1. Steam sweet potatoes till soft, about 15mins.
2. Use a fork, mashed the cooked sweet potatoes, add in glutinous rice flour, rice flour, sugar, and corn oil, slowly add in water to mix well till soft dough, keep aside and rest 30mins.
3. Shape into 30g small ball

To shape and cook Ang Ku Kueh

1. Grease the “Ang Ku Kueh” mould by brushing some corn oil.
2. Flatten the sweet potato ball, place a mung bean ball, cover and shape into round ball.
3. Place the ball in the mould, press evenly, then knock out and place on greased banana leaf.
4. Arrange on a steaming tray and steam for 10mins over high flame.

my notes:-
1. Difference sweet potato has difference texture, some is soft and watery, do not add all water at one go, slowly add and knead till a soft dough. If the dough is too soft, then you may add more glutinous rice flour.
2. Keep the balance sweet filling in air-tight container and keep inside the fridge for later usage.

My son Desmond would like to present to you this lovely "Ang Ku Kueh"

Happy Cooking!!

Steamed savoury yam cake

Beside radish cake, we also like steamed savoury yam cake, both using the similar way to prepare.

yam paste after cooked, and the garnishing..


Coarsely chopped dried shrimps..


After taken the pictures, these two pieces of yam cake become my yummy tea break...

Steamed savoury yam cake(printable recipe)
Ingredients
220g yam, small cubed
250g rice flour
20g tapioca flour
450ml water
70g dried shrimps, soaked and chopped coarsely
10 shallots, slices

Seasonings
1tsp salt or to taste
1tsp sugar
1/2tsp chicken stock powder
1/2tsp white pepper powder

GarnishingChopped spring onion
Chopped fresh red chilli

1. Mix all seasonings with rice flour, tapioca flour and water by hand whisk till a watery batter.
2. Heat oil in a wok, sauté shallots till golden brown, add in dried shrimps and stir fry till fragrant.
3. Dish out half of the mixture and keep aside for later garnishing. Add in yam and stir fry for 1min. Pour in the watery batter and cook mixture for 1-2mins over low heat, stirring all the time, until the mixture turns to a thick paste.
4. Pour the paste into a greased cake tin. Smoothen the surface with a spatula. Place it in the steamer and steam over high heat for 45 minutes.
5. Remove the cake and allow it to cool thoroughly before cutting into slices.
6. Garnish with shrimp/shallot mixture, chopped spring onion and red chilli on top.
7. Serve with sweet chilli sambal (chilli sauce).

Simply yummy!!

Steamed moist chocolate cake_simply good !!

Before I started blogging, I only know how to bake butter cake, but now I have learned to bake so many type of cakes from other bloggers. I like this kind of truly sharing and exchange opinions via blogging, I learn from you and you learn from me..never ending learning..

This is a cake that I learnt from other blogger, do not need a mixer and oven, very moist and soft chocolate cake, simply good !!

Recipe adapted from Jane's corner, original recipe from Cooking Crave, Thanks so much to these two talented ladies !!

Steamed moist chocolate cake
(printable recipe)
(A) 180 g butter, 160g caster sugar, 200 g full cream evaporated milk, 1/2tsp vanilla extract & 2tbsp of rum (optional)

(B) 2 eggs, slightly beaten with fork.

(C) 100 g plain flour, 50 g cocoa powder, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp baking soda.


1. Combine (A) in a saucepan. Stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved and butter is melted, turn off the fire and keep warm.
2. Add (B) into (1) and stir till well mix.
3. Sift (C) into a large mixing bowl, then pour the eggs mixture (2) over the flour and stir till well mix (cake batter should be runny).
4. Heat up the steamer.
5. Lined 8 inch round baking pan.
6. Pour the batter into the lined pan and place the pan into the steamer.
7. Cover the top of the pan loosely with a piece of aluminium foil.
8. Steam over medium heat for 45 mins.
9. Cool the cake in pan before turning out for further decoration.

Happy Baking !!

Happy Weekend and Happy Labour day !!

Fried white radish cake, simply delicious !!

Fried white radish cake is one of the item that I must order when we take dim sum in restaurant. Actually this cake is very easy to be prepared at home, just use the steamed radish cake and pan fry it, and the ingredients and method are very similar to steamed taro cake.

-How we enjoyed? We like to eat with homemade sweet sambal, simple delicious !!

-cook shredded white raddish with hot water, mix seasonings and flour, whisk till become a watery batter...



-saute dried shrimps, add radish, add watery batter, cook till thick paste, steam become cake..


Fried white radish cake
(printable recipe)

Ingredients350g shredded white radish
- (cook shredded radish with water till soft, drained and discarded the water)
250g rice flour
20g tapioca flour
500ml water
50g dried shrimps, soaked and chopped finely

Seasonings
1tsp salt
1tsp sugar
1/2tsp chicken stock powder
1/2tsp white pepper powder

Extra rice flour for dusting

1. Mix all seasonings with rice flour, tapioca flour and water by hand whisk till a watery batter.
2. Heat oil in a wok, sauté chopped dried shrimps till fragrant.
3. Add in cooked shredded white radish, mix well, pour in the watery batter.
4. Cook mixture for two to three minutes over low heat, stirring all the time, until the mixture turns to a thick paste.
5. Pour the paste into a greased cake tin. Smoothen the surface with a spatula. Place it in the steamer and steam over high heat for 45 minutes.
6. Remove the cake and allow it to cool thoroughly before cutting into slices.
7. Dusted rice flour over radish cake, shallow fry the radish cake slices till golden brown.
8. Serve with chilli sauce.

-I love the texture of this radish cake, neither too soft nor too hard, just perfect !! Now I start thinking to cook another usual way of enjoy radish cake, stir fry with egg and bean sprout, yum yum!! will share the recipe soon..

Happy Cooking!!