Steamed Red Velvet Cupcakes

I have been helping a friend in her culinary classes recently. I decided to try on this recipe as I was inspired by the students' showcase recipe for this cupcakes . I actually didn't know much about this kind of cake.. What so special? After class, I went home, searching over the internet on this recipe ... I came across a number of this recipes ... I do not know how big the cake was going to be it how many cups would I be making based in these recipes... Because of my size of steamer... 

Anyway, I tried it out on Good Friday, hopefully  it turned out well so that I can have my friend ( the one I am helping )to try it. 

Actual recipe calls for all-purpose flour.. But I use what I have (cake flour instead) .. Thinking I have the red food coloring I started to prepare the ingredients until I realized that I ran out if the food coloring and the buttermilk. I rushed to two nearby supermarts but was not able to get them. 

Fortunately , my friend is staying next block and was lucky enough to get the main lead , that was the red food coloring . Next, I searche on web for the substitutes for buttermilk...

So here I continued .....

Ingredients :

For the cake ( makes 24 cups)

1. 2 cups cake flour 

2. 1 tsp baking powder 

3. 1 tsp baking soda 

4. 1 tsp salt

5. 1 Tbsp cocoa powder 

6. 11/2 cup sugar

7. 2 large eggs

8. 1 cup vegetable oil 

9. 1 tsp vanilla extract

10. 1 tsp apple cider vinegar

11. 1 oz. red food coloring ( I use only 11/2 tsp) 

12. 1 cup *buttermilk *

* Buttermilk- home made*

Ingredients :

 - milk (under one cup)

 - 1 Tbsp white vinegar or lemon juice

Methods :-

- place vinegar or lemon juice in a liquid measuring cup . Add enough milk to bring the liquid to one-cup line. Let it stand for 5 min.

For cream frosting :-

1. 200g cream cheese ( room temperature )

   ( I use around 175g as this bar of cream cheese was the remaining that I used from previous cake making, so I guess was around there)

2. 200g unsalted butter ( room temperature)

3. 1 tsp vanilla extract

4. 1 cup powdered sugar 

Methods :

1. Sift items no. 1 to 5 together. Whisk well.

2. With a mixer, beat sugar and eggs together in a large bowl.

3. In a separate bowl, mix oil, vinegar , red coloring and vanilla extract together. 

4. Add step 3 to step 2. Beat till well combined.

5.  Add step 1 and buttermilk to step 4, alternating flour mixture and buttermilk . For the last addition of flour, fold in gently with a spatula.

6. Scoop batter into cups to 3/4 full. 

7. Steam for 12 to 15 mins on medium heat. 

Be careful when opening the cover as droplets of water condensation might dropped into cakes .. Like mine ...

For frosting:

Method :

1. Beat butter and cream cheese until creamy. Mix in vanilla extract.

2. Mix in powdered sugar gradually , beat until well blended and smooth.

These were all frosted and decorated by my daughter... 

I had my friend to try.. I had also asked my siblings to taste.. My nephew loved it but only the frosting ... Haha. 

My brother said the texture was ok but can be done softer. To me , I think it was soft enough.. Probably need to be finer. 

Anyway, it was a first try. 

Happy trying😃

    

Steamed Chocolate Brownies Layer Green Cheese Cake

Attracted to this recipe because of the green layer. However, first attempt was not really that fantastic. As the green layer didn't rise up properly. I was not sure whether the taste of the cheese layer should be cheesy as the chocolate taste seemed to have overtook it . Anyway, will try out again. 

For friends who would like to try out this recipe , it split into two layers. Here it is:

For chocolate layer :

Ingredients A:

60g butter

30g cooking chocolate 

Ingredients B:

4 egg yolks

2 egg whites

110g castor sugar 

Ingredients C:

25g plain flour

25g cocoa powder

1/2 tsp baking powder 

Ingredients D

1 tsp chocolate emulco

Method:

1. Melt Ingredients  A , leave to cool.

2. Beat Ingredients B until fluffy. Add in step (1) mixture to the beaten ingredients B. Finally add in ingredients C, followed by Ingredients D.

3. Combine mixture evenly and pour I to an (8"x8") square mould. 

4. Steam for 35 minutes under high heat.

For the cheese layer ;

Ingredients A:

1 egg

30g castor sugar

1/2 Tbsp ovalet (cake stabilizer)

Ingredients B:

30g superfine flour (HK flour)

20g corn flour

Ingredients C:

100g cream cheese

1 Tbsp condensed milk

1 tsp apple green coloring

Ingredients D:

50g oil

Method :

1. Beat A until fluffy and thick .

2. Sieved flour into egg mixtures and mix well. 

3. Beat Ingredients C until soft and add into step (2) mixture. 

4. Finally pour in oil and mix well. 

5. Pour directly onto chocolate mixture and steam for another 30 minutes under high heat.

Happy steaming.....:)