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Steamed Orange Chocolate Cake

You can also steam it on your stovetop or steamer over medium heat for 45-55 minutes if you don't have a steam oven.
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Servings: 8 inch cake
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 180 g butter
  • 170 g caster sugar
  • 150 g full cream evaporated milk
  • 50 g navel orange juice
  • 2 eggs lightly beaten
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp navel orange zest
  • 100 g plain flour
  • 50 g cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
Chocolate Ganache:
  • 50 ml whole milk
  • 200 g semi-sweet chocolate chips

Method
 

  1. Add the butter, sugar, evaporated milk and orange juice into a heavy bottom pan. Over low heat, stir until sugar and butter melt. Cool mixture to lukewarm temperature. 
  2. In another bowl, combine eggs, vanilla extract, and orange zest. Lightly beat to combined.
  3. Pour egg mixture into lukewarm butter mixture. Mix well. 
  4. Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl. 
  5. Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix well. 
  6. Pour batter into a lined and lightly greased 8" round baking tray. Cover with foil and steam over medium for 50-60 minutes, or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. 
  7. Remove foil, allow to cool for 15 minutes in the pan before flipping it out to cool completely. Gently remove the baking paper on the cake.
Chocolate Ganache
  1. Heat milk in a heavy-bottom saucepan over low heat until the edges starts to bubble then immediately remove from heat. Do not boil the milk. Add chocolate chips into the milk, and stir.
  2. Stir until chocolate chips has melted and ganache is smooth and glossy.
  3. Pour over the cake and spread with a spatula or drizzle on the cake before serving.

Notes

You can garnish with berries and mint leaves for added colour and flavours. I served mine with cherries and mint with a light dusting of powdered sugar. Want a full chocolate cake instead? Omit orange zest and replace the 50g of orange juice with evaporated milk.