Steaming is a brilliant way to make cakes. It makes the softest and moistest cakes. You don’t need any special equipments. I use a cake tin, but you can cook this cake in a heat-proof bowl, ramekins, mugs, baking-paper-lined bamboo basket or anything you can pour the cake mixture in.

Makes

18cm OR smaller Round Cake Tin
*Note: You can use a Bamboo Steamer if you have one.

Ingredients

60g Butter
1/4 cup Cream OR Milk
3 Eggs *room temperature
1/2 cup Caster Sugar
Juice & Zest of 1 Lemon
1 cup Self-Raising Flour
Lemon Curd *optional

Method
  1. Line the base and sides of a cake tin with baking paper. If you use a Bamboo Steamer, use a large sheet of baking paper to line.
  2. Place 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 Lemon Juice & Zest, and mix well with a whisk. Beat in Eggs, one at a time, and mix well. Add Self-Raising Flour and mix well.
  4. Heat the steamer with enough water to steam for 30 minutes.
  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. Serve with Lemon Curd.