Saturday, July 19, 2008

Steamed Layer Corn Cake

Thanks AY for sharing her recipe! the texture of the cake is very soft and fluffy, i modified the recipe slightly by reducing the sugar and increasing the amount of sweet corn used.








Ingredients
  • 5 eggs
  • 150gm top flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 120gm castor sugar
  • 2 tbsp condensed milk
  • 380ml creamy sweet corn
  • 1/8 tsp of salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 1/2 tbsp ovalette
  • 1 tbsp fresh milk
  • a little yellow colouring

Method
  1. Whisk sugar , eggs, ovalette and fresh milk till thick and fluffy for about 5-8mins.
  2. Add in condense milk and vanilla essence.
  3. Fold in sifted flour and stir till well mixed. Stir in cream corn and salt.
  4. Divide into 3 portions.
  5. 1 portion - leave plain and the other 2 portions, add in yellow colouring.
  6. Line and grease an 8" x 8" square tray.
  7. Pour in 1 layer of yellow colour portion into the tray and steam for about 15 mins.
  8. Then pour in the plain portion and then steam for another 15 mins.
  9. Last layer (top layer), pour the yellow portion and steam for another 15 mins.
  10. Leave to cool before slicing.

6 comments:

yenling said...

hi Peng,

what's "top flour" means??n what's ovalette??

im thinkin of trying this recipe soon..

thankx

Peng said...

top flour renders a softer & fluffy cake compare to normal plain flour, if unavailable cake flour can also be used. ovalette is a kind of cake emulsifier a orange yellow gel used for a soft & moist cake,

yenling said...

Thanks for ur reply. Can i substitute anything for ovalette? i couldn't find it in d local store here

Thx!

Peng said...

think ovalette cannot be subsituted.

Judy said...

Hi,

Thank you for sharing so many recipes. Can I know where you got the ovalette?

Peng said...

Judy...u can find it at supermarket baking supplies section.

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