Steamed Matcha Cake
Steamed Matcha Cake

Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, steamed matcha cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Steamed Cake or we call it Mushi Pan (蒸しパン) is a light, fluffy, and soft cake. I shared another version two years ago and that steamed cake recipe has been one of the most popular recipes especially among readers from Asia. To make this matcha green tea puto recipe, first sift together the dry ingredients: cake flour, sugar, baking powder, green tea powder and salt. Then. add the sifted dry ingredients to the liquid ingredients and blend until smooth.

Steamed Matcha Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Steamed Matcha Cake is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have steamed matcha cake using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Steamed Matcha Cake:
  1. Take 1/2 cup Milk
  2. Prepare 1/4 cup Condensed Milk *optional
  3. Take *Note: Condensed Milk can be replaced with 50g melted White Chocolate, but it is also optional
  4. Prepare 30 g melted Butter *OR 2 tablespoons Vegetable Oil
  5. Prepare 1/4 cup Sugar
  6. Get 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  7. Make ready 2 Eggs *room temperature
  8. Prepare 1 cup Self-Raising Flour
  9. Take 1 tablespoon Matcha Powder

This version has matcha green tea powder which gives the cakes a nice flavor and a pretty green color. Matcha Steamed Cake (抹茶发糕) This type of steamed cake is usually made with brown sugar for praying purposes, but I made some with matcha today to satisfy my craving for steamed cake. Actually I craved for steamed cake made with rice flour (蒸米糕), which is fluffier and takes longer time to prepare. Fluffy and soft Japanese matcha steamed buns using rice flour so these steamed buns are gluten-free, on top of being delicious, and also not too sweet.

Instructions to make Steamed Matcha Cake:
  1. Line the base and sides of a cake tin with baking paper. *Note: You can use a Bamboo Steamer if you have one. Use a large sheet of baking paper to line. - *Note: You can make 4 to 6 small cakes using ramekins or mugs.
  2. Place Milk, Condensed Milk and Butter in a heat-proof bowl and microwave for 30 to 60 seconds or until Butter melts. *Note: You can do this process using a saucepan.
  3. Add Sugar and Vanilla Extract, and mix well with a whisk. Beat in Eggs, one at a time, and mix well. Sift in Self-Raising Flour and Matcha Powder, and mix well until smooth.
  4. Heat the steamer with enough water to steam for 30 minutes. *Note: Today I I used a pot and a flat steamer rack.
  5. Pour the cake mixture into the prepared cake tin, carefully place the tin into the steamer, cover with lid and cook for 30 minutes OR until cooked through. *Note: I recommend to wrap the lid with tea towel or large cloth, so that water won’t drip onto the cake.
  6. Enjoy the cake warm, though it’s still soft and tasty when cold.

Actually I craved for steamed cake made with rice flour (蒸米糕), which is fluffier and takes longer time to prepare. Fluffy and soft Japanese matcha steamed buns using rice flour so these steamed buns are gluten-free, on top of being delicious, and also not too sweet. Growing up in Asia, steamed buns, steamed cakes, and steamed dessert is the norm. Most households don't own any oven, instead we have big multi-tiered steamers and prepare a lot of steamed food. Matcha Steamed Cake Kirbie's Cravings. cake flour, cold water, baking powder, sugar, water, matcha.

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