Corn & Milk (Powder) Steamed Cake

Corn & Milk (Powder) Steamed Cake

Ingredients 

1/2 cup cake flour
1 tsp baking powder.
1 egg
2 tbsp milk powder (1 pkt - 28g)
2 tbsp olive oil
1/3 cup corn puree
Handful of corn kernels 

Method
Mix cake flour, baking powder and milk powder and set aside.

In another bowl, mix egg, olive oil and corn puree.

Combine flour mixture and wet mixture, add in the corn kernels and mix well and scoop into mould.

Steam for 10 min and fluffy cake is ready. (I used electric steamer)

Sugar Free Steam Banana Milk Pudding

Steam Banana & Milk Pudding

Ingredients

1 egg (white only)

2/3 cup (approx 150ml) fresh milk 

1/2 banana

Method

Heat the milk in a saucepan ( do not let it boil) and set aside to cool . If you choose to add sugar, you should melt it in milk at this stage.

In another bowl, whisk the egg white till it is foamy.

Slowly add the cooled milk into the egg white and mix well. Pour the entire mixture through a sieve to remove the foam.

Add in the bananas or whatever variation you like and steam for 15 min. I am using an electric steamer so please adjust timing accordingly to your steamer.

Remember to cover the bowl with a cloth to prevent the water droplets from falling in.

Serve warm or chilled, equally yummy and smooth !

Another version of Steamed Cake

Little one developed fever over the past few days and refused to take any food or water (only wants to latch) except the occasional cherries so I decided make a light fluffy cake in the hope that she will eat more.

Easy Steamed Cake

Ingredients 

1/2 cup cake flour 

1 tsp baking powder. 

1 egg

1 -2 tbsp light muscovado sugar

2 tbsp olive oil 

1/3 cup cherries & strawberries puree

Method

Mix cake flour with baking powder and set aside.

In another bowl, mix egg, light muscovado sugar, olive oil and cherries & strawberries puree. I cooked my cherries and strawberries to bring out the natural sugar hence I only used 1 tbsp as opposed to the suggested amount of 2 tbsp.

Combine flour mixture and wet mixture well and scoop into mould.

Steam for 10 min and fluffy cake is ready. (I used electric steamer)

Mango & Yoghurt Steam Cake

Inspired by a fellow mummy's sharing on steam Dragon fruit cake so I decided to attempt my own fruit cake for LO's breakfast before I scoot off to work this morning. 

I omitted sugar as I am still trying to hold it off for my 14 month old girl and since she likes yoghurt, she enjoyed the mildly sweet and sourish cake.

Mango & Yoghurt Steam Cake

Ingredients (makes 3)

1 egg (beaten)

1/2 cup flour (I used cake flour)

1/4 cup fruit/veg puree (I used mango)

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp vanilla essence 

1 tbsp sugar (I omitted this) 

1 tbsp olive oil 

2 tbsp Greek yoghurt/milk

Method 

Sieve the flour and baking powder in a bowl.

In a separate bowl, lightly beat the egg,vanilla essence and sugar (if you opt to add) . Add in yoghurt and mango puree and mix well.

Add the wet mixture to the flour mixture, mixing well and adding in the oil.

Scoop into cups and steam for 10 min

Plain Steam Buns (Mantou)

It is another cold afternoon and what's better than piping hot mantou to go with my coffee! LO will have her share after her nap.hehehe

Obviously mummy needs more practice with her mantou designs. :P

Plain Steam Bun

bIngredients (makes 8)

200g Hong Kong Pau Flour

10g sugar (original recipe of 15g)

1/4 tsp baking powder 

3/4 tsp instant yeast 

100ml lukewarm water 

1 tsp olive oil

Method 

Mix all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and transfer it to a lightly flour dusted baking sheet and knead for 5~8 min until the dough is smooth.

Transfer the dough back to the mixing bowl,coat it with some olive oil and keep it covered for 10 min.

Divide the dough into small balls or whichever design you prefer and leave it covered for another 30 min for it to double in size. Since I have reduced the sugar, I added lil sunshine's favourite raisins in the mantou.

Steam for 18-20 min and it's done!

She loves it! Especially looking for the hidden raisins!

Steam pumpkin pau

Another midnight cooking while everyone is asleep. The pau itself is so yummy and fluffy that LO and myself enjoyed it tremendously. The pumpkin I bought was really sweet so I may just skip the sugar in my next attempt.

The pau recipe was adapted from this website:  Happy Home Baking 

Get your arms ready for some serious kneading! I did about 30 min of that.

Steamed Pumpkin Pau

Ingredients

300g Hong Kong pau flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp instant yeast

30g caster sugar

160ml water

1 tbsp vegetable oil

300g pumpkin paste (see below)

Method

Sieve Hong Kong pau flour, baking powder and add in yeast, sugar and mix well.

Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture, add in water and mix to form a dough. Transfer dough onto a lightly floured work surface. Knead dough until it becomes smooth (approx 5 mins).

Knead in the vegetable oil and continue to knead for another 10-15 mins or until the dough becomes smooth and elastic. 

Take a piece of dough  (about the size of a table tennis ball) and stretch it, you should be able to stretch it  to a fairly thin membrane without tearing off easily, if not continue to knead for another 5 to 10mins.

Roll dough into a smooth round, place in a lightly greased mixing bowl, cover with cling wrap and let it proof for about 15 mins.

Punch down the dough and knead a bit to release the trapped air bubbles. Divide the dough into small balls. 

Flatten each dough into a small disc with your palm , make the edges thinner and the centre portion thicker. Wrap each dough with pumpkin paste. Pinch and seal the seams. Place dough seam side down on a square piece of parchment paper. Cover loosely with cling wrap and leave buns to proof for 20-25 mins.

Place buns in a steamer and space them apart so that they do not touch one another. Steam at medium to high heat for 12 min.

Remove immediately and serve warm. Keep any leftovers in fridge (covered with cling wrap or store in airtight containers) and re-steam.

Pumpkin Paste

Ingredient 

300g pumpkin (steamed) 

30g sugar 

1 tsp corn flour

Method

C ook mashed pumpkin,  Sugar and corn flour till it thickens. Form into balls and chill till time to use.

For my version, it was too wet despite using 2 tbsp corn flour so I was not able to form into balls. I just wrapped the pau with the liquid filling .Hehehhe

Steamed Chicken with Pear & Wolfberries

Here's another simple fruit marinate that sweetens the chicken and makes a healthy dish for lil sunshine. 

Picture of crystal Pear for info

  Steamed Chicken with Pear & Wolfberries

Ingredients

1 Chicken drumstick 

1/2 Crystal Pear 

Handful of wolfberries

Dash of sesame oil

Method 

Cut the crystal pears into chunks and mix it with the chicken drumstick and keep it refrigerated for 1-1.5 hours for the malic acid to work on the chicken.

Once the chicken is well marinated, add in wolfberries and sesame oil and steam for 25 minutes. The steaming time is dependent on how much chicken you use so do adjust accordingly .

Serve immediately after steaming.

Meal started and she Ate with so Much enthusiasm

   Gone in a jiffy and bowl totally cleaned out  

 So mummy gave the remaining drumstick for her to nibble while the family continues with dinner

nom nom nom

And yes,this LO is still toothless!

Steam Banana Cake

Thanks to one of the mummies on my facebook group who shared this simple recipe. I reduced the sugar as I decided to use more bananas since I am trying to avoid sugar as much as possible.

Result was a simple delicious breakfast for the family. 

Steamed Banana Cake

Ingredients (makes 8 small cupcakes)

2 eggs

30g sugar 

3 bananas (about 250g)

150g self raising flour 

70g oil (I used canola)

1/8 tsp baking powder

1/4 Cinnamon powder

Method 

Sift flour, baking powder and cinnamon powder and set aside.

Whisk sugar and eggs, add in the mashed banana and mix well.

Gently fold in the dry ingredients and oil until it is well incorporated.  Do not overmix as that will cause the cake to collapse when steaming.

Pour batter into cups and steam for 12-15min at high heat Or until inserted skewers comes clean.

Sugar Free Banana & Blueberry Steam Cake

Little one got up real early today so naturally i had to follow suit and by the time i managed to coax her back to sleep, i was fully awake and hungry. Knowing she was going to wake up anytime soon, i figured out steaming some cake will take min time so did a quick search and found this recipe Japanese Steam Cake so i adapted to exclude sugar  (as usual ....hahaha)

My go to "sugar" is always banana, applesauce, pumpkin or sweet potato so for this , i chose banana with blueberries for that fun burst of juice with each bite .

Sugar Free Banana & Blueberry Steam Cake 

Ingredients

1 egg
75g wheat flour

1 tsp baking powder

2 tbsp breastmilk

1/2 banana (i used Del Monte)

Handful of blueberries 

1 tbsp canola oil

Some flour for dusting

Method
Mash banana and mix with flour and baking powder .Mix egg , breastmilk and canola oil in aseparate bowl. Combine the flour mixture with the wet ingredients and stir well. Dust blueberries with flour and mix into batter. Portion out into cups and steam for 8 min.

The steam cake turned out to be quite dense and cakey unlike the usual fluffy japanese steam cake and the banana mash probably was the cause of it. Sweetness is also very mild.

In any case, it did not stop lil Sunshine from enjoying it. You could see in the pictures above that she attempted to bite it with her gums (irritating mummy just kept snapping instead of helping).How adorable .hehehe

 I eventually did (1)remove the paper cup (finally!!) And (2) made some dents so that she can angle it into her mouth Or pinch. (3)stop snapping and giggling and join in the snacking.=)

Sticky Mushroom Rice with Threadfin Flakes

Inspired by the Lo Mai Gai i made earlier for the family, i wanted to give LO a similar sticky rice experience, besides, it is great for spoon training too !

So, i rummaged through my fridge and spotted the Chinese Mushroom and i thought, why not introduce this fragrant and chewy fungi to her ! That's it, decision is made and i got to my cooking. While my 2 babies (hubs is baby numero uno hahahha) snoozed away.

Sticky Mushroom Rice with Threadfin Flakes

Ingredient :

1 slice of threadfin

1 chinese mushroom (soaked and chopped finely)

Handful of spinach (rough opped)

1/2 cup homemade chicken stock

1/4 cup Japonica rice (using small measuring cup for grains)

Ginger

Method :

Poach theadfin with some ginger slices to remove the fishy smell.
Once cooked, remove and flake.

Rinse rice and mix with chicken stock, mushroom and spinach in a bowl and steam for 35 min or until the consistency you desire.
Assemble and serve.

Did she like it? You bet ! Check out the fish flake on her brow, how in the world did it manage to get there ? Hahaha ...love my baby !