Steamed Sponge Cake
- 5 egg yolks
- 4 egg whites
- 250 g granulated sugar
- 300 g flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 175 ml soda water (Sprite/7Up)
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon cocoa
- Cover approximately 20 tin cups used to steamed the cakes with parchment papers then put them into a steamer pot with boiling water.
- Mix egg yolks, egg white, baking soda, sugar and vanilla until they make a smooth batter then put in turns, 1/2 portion of the flour, 1/2 portion of the soda water until all of them are used, mix well. Take 5 Tbs of the batter and put it in a separate bowl. Pour in the cocoa and mix well.
- Pour the white batter into the tin almost to the top then pour in 1-2 tsp of the cocoa batter on top. Do this until all the batter is used up, 20 tin cups.
- Close the steamer lid, let it steamed for 20 minutes with high temperature. Then use low temperature for another 5 minutes.
- For 20 tin cup cakes.
egg yolks, egg whites, sugar, flour, baking soda, water, vanilla, cocoa
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/steamed-sponge-cake-241666 (may not work)