Rice Cooker Chocolate Sponge Cake

I've mentioned previously in my Rice Cooker (RC) Pandan Sponge Cake post how much I adore cakes made from rice cooker because they are always moist and soft. I think cooking a cake in a rice cooker is similar to steam bake or water bath in oven. The cons of cooking with a rice cooker is you're stuck with one cooking pan only. But who cares if it's just for home consumption, as long as it's yummy, right!

Few weeks back, I make this chocolate sponge cake. It was a hit among my children and myself! This chocolate sponge cake is light. It's not too chocolatey and it's perfect for tea time or breakfast.

RICE COOKER CHOCOLATE SPONGE CAKE
(Recipe adapted from yummy~licious - Rice Cooker Pandan Sponge Cake)

Prep Time  : 20 mins
Cook Time : 50 mins
Total Time : 1 hour 10 mins
Makes       : One 8" cake

Ingredients:
5 eggs
100g cake flour
20g cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
130g sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
70ml milk
4 Tbsp vegetable oil
A pinch of salt
Butter for coating

Directions:
You will need a rice cooker bowl (approx. 8"), coat bottom and sides generously with butter.

1. Sift baking powder, cake flour and cocoa powder into a bowl. Set aside until needed.

2. Separate the egg whites from the yolk. Using a stand mixer or hand mixer, beat egg whites until frothy. Then gradually add in sugar and beat until stiff peak. Add in the egg yolks, one at a time and beat until fully incorporated.

3. In another mixing bowl, combine milk, vanilla extract, vegetable oil, salt and half of the previously sieved flour mixture. Mix well using a whisk.

4. Add in 1/3 of the egg batter into the flour batter, and whisk gently to combined. Add in the other half of the previously sieved flour mixture, and again whisk gently to combined. When everything is well combined, add in the rest of the egg batter and using a whisk, mix well in a fold motion. Lastly using a spatula, get to the bottom of the batter and fold to mix evenly.

5. Pour batter into the rice cooker bowl and drop the bowl from a height on the kitchen countertop to release large air bubbles. Do it a few times.

6. Cook batter for 40 - 50 minutes, or until skewer inserted came out clean.

7. To Unmould: When done, let it rest in the rice cooker bowl for a few minutes. The cake would slightly shrink, making it to detach itself from all sides. If some parts are still sticking, gently tilt the cake to the opposite side so that the weight of the cake would pull itself away from the sides. After that, you may turn the rice cooker bowl upside down, with a wire rack to catch it at the bottom. Leave to cool before slicing the cake.

Notes:
● I am using a 5.5cup (uncooked) rice cooker. The base of the rice cooker bowl is approx. 8".

● By using a whisk during mixing in Step 5, it will help to reduce the deflation of the egg batter.

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Homemade Tofu with Minced Meat Choy Poh (Preserved Radish)

This is a perfect dish for the whole family! Everyone will love it! It will taste even better if you are uses fresh soy milk. I am using the packet type but it still taste good.

My 6 years-old daughter whom was not pleased with the appearance in the beginning, is claiming this dish as her next favourite dish!

Hope you will enjoy this recipe as much as we did!

HOMEMADE TOFU WITH MINCED MEAT CHOY POH (PRESERVED RADISH)

Prep Time  : 15 mins
Cook Time : 30 + 15 mins
Total Time : 1 hour
(+ 1 hour cooling)
Serves       : 3 - 4 pax

Ingredients:
Tofu
4 eggs
350ml soy milk (without sugar)
1 tsp corn starch

100g minced meat of your choice (chicken or pork)
1 1/2 Tbsp chopped garlic
1 Tbsp chopped shallot
1 Tbsp chopped red chilli
1 1/2 Tbsp chopped capsicum (green)
1 Tbsp choy poh/ preserved radish
1 Tbsp oyster sauce
1 Tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp white pepper powder
1/2 tsp dark soy sauce
1/4 tsp sesame oil

Thickening (Combined)
1 tsp tapioca starch
1 Tbsp water

Directions:
You will need a steam-proof bowl approx. 14cm diameter and 6cm height, lightly oiled on all sides.

1. Soak choy poh/ preserved radish in water for 10 - 15 mins. Strain and squeeze out all the water. Leave aside until needed.

2. In a bowl, whisk eggs lightly with a fork, breaking off any translucent stringy in egg white. Add in soy milk and combine both ingredients. Then mix in corn starch and strain the mixture into the prepared dishware. Cover with an aluminium foil and steam for 30 - 40 mins, until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Start checking at 30 mins and every 5 mins after.

3. Let cool for 1 - 2 hour. When it is cool to touch, loosen the sides of the tofu from the dishware with the tip of a knife. Do this by gliding the knife quarter way down all around. Then place a plate on top of the dishware and invert both dishware and the plate. Now, the dishware is on top of the plate, gently tap the dishware to loosen the tofu. The tofu should be able to separate from the dishware easily. (Refer to notes below)

4. Coat tofu with corn starch and deep fried until golden brown, using medium-high heat. Drain on paper towel.

5. In a wok, heat 1 tablespoon of oil and add in the minced meat of your choice. When the meat is halfway cooked, sprinkle some white pepper powder and continue to cook until the meat is fully cooked. (Refer to notes below)

6. Push the cooked meat to the sides of the wok. In the center of the wok, dry fry the choy poh/ preserved radish for 30 sec to remove moisture. Then add 2 tablespoon of oil and sauté the choy poh, garlic and shallot until fragrant, follow by red chilli and green capsicum. Stir-fry everything, including the meat for another minute or two. Add in water and the rest of the seasonings.

7. Bring gravy to a boil and let it simmer for 2 - 3 minutes. Then thicken with starch slurry and pour onto the deep fried tofu.

Notes:
● Step 3 : If you are having trouble removing the tofu from the dishware, you may cut the tofu into few smaller sections and use a silicone spatula to gently scoop it out.

● Step 5 : If your meat is releasing liquid, cook until most of the liquid evaporated.

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Spinach Tofu with Shimeji Mushroom

Spinach, mushrooms and eggs... Oh, this is a brilliant combination! Simply because these three are my daughter's favourite! And I knew this would be a yummy~licious dish when I saw this recipe over at Spice n Pans. And indeed it was! Thank you Spice n Pans!

To cater for my small family, I've halved the original recipe and make a little tweak here and there. The extra step to deep fried the tofu is compulsory if you ask me. It enhances the flavour of the spinach and tofu, and combined them together.

To complete this dish, this yummylicious deep fried spinach tofu is drenched in a mildly flavoured mushroom gravy. A little bit of spinach, a little bit of tofu and a little bit of mushroom... hmmmmm.... you tell me, aren't you already salivating?

SPINACH TOFU WITH SHIMEJI MUSHROOM
(Recipe adapted from Spice n Pans)

Prep Time  : 20 mins
Cook Time : 30 mins + 5 mins
Total Time : 55 mins (+1 hour cooling)
Serves       : 3 - 4 pax

Ingredients:
Tofu
300ml soy milk (without sugar)
4 eggs, lightly beaten
1/4 tsp salt
50g spinach, chopped finely

Mushroom Gravy
1/2 Tbsp chopped garlic
1 pkt shimeji mushroom
250ml water
1/4 pc chicken cube
1/2 Tbsp oyster sauce
1/4 tsp sugar
1 tsp dark soy sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
1/2 Tbsp shaoxing wine
Pinch of salt

Thickening (Combined)
1 tsp tapioca starch
1 Tbsp water

250g spinach, blanched

Directions:
You will need a steam-proof dishware/ container about the size of 7" x 5" and 2" height. Lined all sides with a baking paper.

1. Layer the chopped spinach at the bottom of the lined dishware/ container.

2. In a bowl, combine soy milk and beaten eggs. Add salt and whisk till all ingredients are well incorporated.

3. Slowly sieve the egg mixture into dishware/ container, making sure not to mess up the spinach layer. The chopped spinach will float up and make a nice top layer. Cover with an aluminium foil and steam for 25 - 40 mins, until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Start checking at 25 mins and every 5 mins after.

4. Pull up the baking paper to remove the tofu from the dishware/ container. Leave it on a plate to cool for 1-2 hours.

5. After cooling, remove the baking paper from the tofu. Cut the tofu into 6 equal parts.

6. In a wok, heat enough oil to deep fried the tofu under medium heat. Deep fried until golden brown and drain on paper towel.

7. To make the gravy, sauté garlic until fragrant. Then add in mushroom and stir-fry for a min. Pour the shaoxing wine around the wok/ pan and stir-fry for another 30 secs. Add in water, follow by the rest of the seasonings. Bring the mixture to a boil, and let simmer for 1-2 mins. Taste the broth and adjust accordingly. Thicken up with tapioca starch slurry.

8. To plate, layer blanched spinach at the bottom of the plate. Arrange the deep fried tofu on top of the spinach and pour the gravy over it.

Notes:
● Do not over-steamed the tofu else it will be rough. Start checking after 25 mins.

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Homemade Kaya (Coconut Egg Jam)

I've been keeping this kaya recipe for a long time. I have not attempt to make this because I have a loving mother in law whom has been blessing us with her homemade kaya all along. Whenever we ran out of kaya, she will make a new batch for us. We all love her kaya, it's the BEST!

So, if you are me, will you still make your own? No, right!

But this time round, it's an exceptional. Because my mom is here at my place for holidays, I wanted to show her how to make kaya from scratch. The ingredients are simple. If you want a good kaya, you will need to have FRESH coconut milk and FRAGRANT gula melaka.

For me, since I don't have fresh coconut milk, I used the packaged ones. I like to use M&S brand, be it powder form or liquid form, because it has the nearest taste to fresh coconut milk. At the end, my kaya still turned out yummy!

The steps are pretty easy. If you follow my recipe below, I'm sure you'll get a smooth fragrant kaya too! Hope you'll enjoy my recipe!

HOMEMADE KAYA (COCONUT EGG JAM)
(Recipe adapted from Kitchen Tigress)

Prep Time  : 5 mins
Cook Time : 20 mins
Total Time : 25 mins
Makes       : approx. 1 cup

Ingredients:
40g castor sugar
45g palm sugar/ gula melaka
200ml thick coconut milk
3-4 pandan leaves (cut into 7-10 cm length)
4 egg yolks

Directions:
1. In a thick-bottomed sauce pot, combine coconut milk, castor sugar, gula melaka and pandan leaves. Using medium-low heat, cook the coconut milk until gula melaka fully dissolved, stirring occasionally. This will only takes a few minutes. Off the heat.

2. In a medium bowl, lightly beaten the egg yolks. Pour half of the hot coconut milk mixture from the pot into the egg yolks in a slow stream, stirring at the same time. This process is the same as tempering sauce. You need to bring the temperature of the egg yolks to the nearest temperature as the coconut milk to avoid curdling.

3. Pour back the egg yolk mixture from the medium bowl to the pot, stir to combine both mixture. Using low heat, stir until it thicken, about 10-15 minutes, or longer, until it reaches the consistency you preferred.

4. Discard the pandan leaves using a pair of chopsticks, squeezing out every bit of the coconut egg jam from the leaves and pour the coconut egg jam into a jar. Leave to cool completely before closing with a lid.

Notes:
● In Step 1, be careful not to over boiled the coconut milk. If the gula melaka has not fully dissolved by the time the coconut milk starting to bubble up, off the heat, and let the residual heat continue to dissolve the gula melaka.

● In Step 2, DO NOT pour the coconut milk mixture ALL at once into the egg yolks, or else you will end up cooking the egg yolks and it will become curdly jam.

● Do not tie a knot on the pandan leaves, the mixture will get into the knot and it will be difficult to stir the mixture. It will also be messy to separate the pandan leaves from the coconut egg jam efficiently later.

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Rice Cooker Pandan Sponge Cake

I am beginning to fall in love with rice cooker cakes. They are always soft and moist. You can never over-baked a cake in a rice cooker, well... at least for me! Just keep a watch on your cake after the 35 minutes mark, once the skewer inserted came out clean, it's done!

If you've baked a pandan cake before, you will know that the pandan smell will fill your kitchen with a nice pandan aroma. It's the same with cooking in a rice cooker. The pandan smell filled my kitchen as soon as it started to cook in the rice cooker. Aside from the fragarnt pandan aroma, my kitchen was also filled with a soothing coconut smell. The smells will hit you first before you eat.

This pandan sponge cake is spongy, soft and moist. It's a perfect cake to pair with a nice hot milk coffee! Yumm... I took a video to show you guys on the texture. Please excuse my clumsiness with trying to peel with one hand (I was holding the camera with the other hand).


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RICE COOKER PANDAN SPONGE CAKE
(Recipe adapted from Kitchen101)

Prep Time  : 20 mins
Cook Time : 50 mins
Total Time : 1 hour 10 mins
Makes       : One 8" cake

Ingredients:
5 eggs
120g cake flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
130g sugar
50ml coconut milk
30ml water
4 Tbsp vegetable oil
8 - 10 pcs pandan leaves
Butter for coating

Directions:
You will need a rice cooker bowl (approx. 8"), coat bottom and sides generously with butter.

1. Sift baking powder and cake flour into a bowl. Set aside until needed.

2. Blend 30ml water with pandan leaves. Strain and squeeze out the juice, measure 20ml of pandan water. Set aside until needed.

3. Separate the egg whites from the yolk. Using a stand mixer or hand mixer, beat egg whites until frothy. Then gradually add in sugar and beat until stiff peak. Add in the egg yolks, one at a time and beat until fully incorporated.

4. In another mixing bowl, combine pandan water, coconut milk, vegetable oil and half of the previously sieved flour mixture. Mix well using a whisk.

5. Add in 1/3 of the egg batter into the flour batter, and whisk gently to combined. Add in the other half of the previously sieved flour mixture, and again whisk gently to combined. When everything is well combined, add in the rest of the egg batter and using a whisk, mix well in a fold motion. Lastly using a spatula, get to the bottom of the batter and fold to mix evenly.

6. Pour batter into the rice cooker bowl and drop the bowl from a height on the kitchen countertop to release large air bubbles. Do it a few times.

7. Cook batter for 40 - 50 minutes, or until skewer inserted came out clean.

8. To Unmould: When done, let it rest in the rice cooker bowl for a few minutes. The cake would slightly shrink, making it to detach itself from all sides. If some parts are still sticking, gently tilt the cake to the opposite side so that the weight of the cake would pull itself away from the sides. After that, you may turn the rice cooker bowl upside down, with a wire rack to catch it at the bottom. Leave to cool before slicing the cake.

Notes:
● I am using a 5.5cup (uncooked) rice cooker. The base of the rice cooker bowl is approx. 8".

● By using a whisk during mixing in Step 5, it will help to reduce the deflation of the egg batter.

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