Do you have oven?Awww...no! I think most of you who rent room hard to get an oven right. Did you know you can actually make your own version of cake at home without oven? Let take a look this steamed cake recipe. This recipe also can be used by baking, it does not matter!

First of all, I'm here to explain that what is the different between steamed and baked cake, which one is nicer? Steamed cake always are more moist as it absorb water from evaporation in pot. It also is more dense then the texture is like moist cake or brownies. Meanwhile, steamed cake is healthier because it contain less oil and no heaty compared with baked cake. It is suitable for people who is in diet but cannot resist the temptation of dessert. HAHA


Ingredients:

1. 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2. 3/4 cup all purpose flour
3. 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
4. 1/4 teaspoon salt
5. 3/4 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
6. 1 cup sugar
7. 3 large eggs
8. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
9. 3/4 cup buttermilk


Directions:
1. Pre heat your oven to 350 degrees. (If make for baking)
2. In a bowl, combine with all dry ingredients include flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt, set aside.
3. In another bowl, whisk butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add one egg into the bowl and beat. Then add one egg again, repeat. After beat all well, add in vanilla and stir.
4. Add the dry flour mixture in 3 batches into mixer with low speed. (avoid the dust mixture come out)
5. Lastly, add buttermilk and mix until smooth.
6. Pour the mixture into mould or cup cake tin by using ice-cream scoop. If steam, it must be in mould but not cup cake paper tin those soft material because the mixture will flow out.
7. Steam it about 12-15 minutes. For baking, bake them about 18-20 minute. Make sure toothpick come out clean when inserted in centre of cake.


You can dress up cake with frosting cream when the cake become cool.

For this time, I dress up the cake to be owl, is cute right? haha. You can simply put the oreo with cream and m&m chocolate on the cake. By the way, that time I made this cake was Halloween so I took photos with theme of Halloween!




-Enjoy-