Steamed Moist Chocolate Cake

(no mixer, no oven used)

Ingredients:

• 150gr Plain flour
• 70gr Cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp Baking powder
• 1/2 tsp Baking soda
• 150gr butter
• 30gr vegetable oil
• 180-200gr castor sugar
• 200gr UHT Milk 
• 3 small Eggs,lightly beaten
• 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract  or 1 tsp Vanilla essence

How To Do:

1. Greased a D22cm or D24cm baking pan with butter. Set a side.
2. Heat up the steamer. Cover the lid with a clean dish-towel.
3. Combine castor sugar,milk,vanilla extract or essence, butter and oil in a medium bowl.
4. Place the bowl over boiled water, stir well until sugar is dissolved and butter is melted,off fire and keep warm.(see picture).
5. Add the beaten eggs into the slightly cold milk mixture and stir well.
6. Sift the flour,cocoa powder,baking powder and baking soda into a large mixing bowl then pour the eggs mixture over the flour and stir well until well combined. (cake batter should be runny).
7. Pour the batter into prepared pan and place the pan into the steamer.
8. Steam over medium heat for 45 minutes.
9. You may decorate your cake with chocolate ganache and some colorful sprinkles on top or dust with confection sugar.  

 (Recipe is  from thelazychef.net, adapted by me!)

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Tausa (red bean) Filling Steamed Bun

Ingredients
Basic dough buns:
250 g low protein flour
Instant yeast 10 gr
150 cc water

Main dough buns:
90 g low protein flour
60 gr tang mien flour (can be replaced with low protein flour)
70 gr powdered sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking ammonia** (may not be used)
3 tablespoons water
50 grams of white butter

Directions:
Mix all the ingredients for the basic dough ingredients then knead until no longer sticky to the hand (approximately 10 minutes).
Cover with a damp cloth and allow the dough for about 1 hour until fluffy 2 times. While waiting, make the filling*. Mix all the main dough ingredients into the basic dough then knead until smooth and no longer sticky.
Weigh the dough for 20-25gr each. Roll each piece flat, put filling in center and seal shut then steam for about 15minutes.

*Tausa Filling (sweet flavor) recipe
For a sweet filling / Tausa:
- 150 grams of red beans
- 75 g of cooking oil
- 100 gr sugar
Directions:
- Soak beans for 3 hours. Cook the beans until
ripe and soft. Remove and puree in blender.
- Heat 3 tablespoons of cooking oil in non-stick frying pan.
Put the beans finely and stir, add the sugar and
alternately oil, little by little while stirring it until dry.

** what is baking ammonia?