Steamed Banana Cupcakes
If you don’t have an oven to bake a banana cake, you may try to make this soft and fluffy steamed banana cake.
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Equipment
- 6 ramekins (6-oz/175-ml) first option
- 1 square baking pan (6-inch) second option
Ingredients
- 150 g mashed overripe bananas ½ cup
- 2 eggs grade A/size: L
- 140 g fine sugar ½ cup + 2 tbsps
- ⅛ tsp salt
- 60 g evaporated milk ¼ cup
- 70 g corn oil 5 tbsps
- 150 g plain flour 1 cup + 3 tbsps
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
Instructions
- Line 6 ramekins (6-oz/175-ml) with parchment paper.
- Bring the water of the steamer to a boil (the amount of water should be enough for 25 minutes of steaming).
- Mash bananas with fork, set aside.
- Whisk together eggs, sugar and salt in a mixing bowl until combined.
- Combine 1000 ml of water with 400 ml of hot water in a large steel bowl to yield 45°C/113°F of warm water.
- Place the mixing bowl in warm water, then whisk the egg mixture over medium speed until stiff. (Reminder: You need to stop for a few times during this process to avoid overheating of the equipment.)
- The egg mixture is stiff (the ribbons formed by egg mixture will stay on surface for a while before dissolving slowly).
- Add evaporated milk and corn oil to mashed bananas, mix well.
- Add ½ portion of beaten eggs to banana mixture, mix until combined.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder and baking soda, then sieve into banana egg mixture, mix until combined.
- Add in the remaining beaten eggs, mix gently using hand whisk.
- Fold the batter gently until well combined using spatula.
- Pour the batter into lined ramekins, tap a few times on counter top to burst large bubbles.
- Steam over high heat for 25 minutes.
- Steamed banana cupcakes are ready to be served!
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Notes
This recipe yields 6 (6-oz/175-ml) cupcakes.
The nutritional value for reference is for 1 cupcake.
Alternatively,
If you don’t have ramekins, you may steam the cake using a 6-inch square baking pan. The steaming time is 45 minutes over high heat (do not open the steamer before 30 minutes or the cake might collapse).
Nutrition (per serving)
Calories: 341kcalCarbohydrates: 49gProtein: 5gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0.04gCholesterol: 57mgSodium: 243mgPotassium: 167mgFiber: 1gSugar: 27gVitamin A: 119IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 79mgIron: 2mg
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