Palm Sugar Steamed Cake

YUmmmmmyyyy :D

My first encounter with this steamed cake was about 1 month ago when I was visiting one of the hotel in Kuta, looking for a place for my wedding reception (But, we:me&hunny, decided to celebrate our wedding reception at Niksoma later on)

I always love the taste of rock palm sugar. It's sweet but too too sweet... I think it's just perfect..

Time goes on....

And uncoincidentaly when I was in Malang (one part of my honeymoon after Kalimantan), Heiko (my mum-in-law's hubby) wanted to go to local bookstore, Gramedia Malang. Like many visits I made to bookstore, the first place to go is the cooking books' shelves "LOL"

I just couldn't resist it, dear!

I browsed some books and found Resep Praktis Sisca Soewitomo: Cake Lezat and it has brown sugar palm steamed cake recipe!! YIPEEEE...

The recipe is sooo simple and you could save your mixer in your cupboard :D
all you need is a whisker to combine all the ingredients ( Save the electricity!!!)

More over, the recipe only calls for 1 egg and I'm supportive enough for any recipes that using less egg ( I have to put concern on my health rite??) :D

I hope you'll enjoy the recipe too

Cake Gula Merah (Palm Sugar Steamed Cake)

Yield: 12 if using medium muffin tin, 24 if using small muffin tin

Ingredients:
125 g sugar (I use only 80 g)
125 g rock palm sugar, sliced. (I use 140 g)
150 ml water
250 g cake flour
1/2 t bicarbonate of soda (I use onle 1/4 t)
1/2 t instant yeast
1 egg
100 ml vegetable oil

How to:

• Prepare the muffin tin, put the paper cup, set aside. Heat the steamer.
• Put all sugar and water into a saucepan, bring to boil until sugar has dissolved. Remove from the heat, cool.
• Add flour, combine well. Add bicarbonate of soda, instant yeast, and egg. Vigourously mix (add this step the mixture is a lil bit sticky)
• Pour in oil slowly while continue whisking until the mixture is well combined and slick.
• Divide evenly into the prepared tin
• Steam for 15 mins with fire on its highest set until the cakes "blooming"

Tips:

• Do NOT open the steamer lid while steaming. The cake won't "blooming" if you did.
• Put the fire on the highest setting on your stove to create lots of steam.
• Don't let the cake steamed for more than 16 mins because it will change the texture. the result will be dry.

Hope you will like it like I do...