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.
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
Instructions
- 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.
- In another bowl, combine eggs, vanilla extract, and orange zest. Lightly beat to combined.
- Pour egg mixture into lukewarm butter mixture. Mix well.
- Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl.
- Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix well.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- Stir until chocolate chips has melted and ganache is smooth and glossy.
- 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.