steamed chocolate cake

When our Moulinex oven went into retirement, I surfed the internet for recipes that did not require the use of an oven. The internet is an amazing research tool but one has to be careful not to abuse it. As such, it saddens me to read about young girls who cheapen themselves and post nude photographs of themselves on the internet. Your life has more value than that, my dear girl. The Lord loves you.

If you were to google key words such as "no bake cake", you will find endless recipes on the internet. I came across a recipe for a chocolate cake that is steamed instead of baked. I cannot recall off-hand which site I found the recipe. However, I have made some modifications to the recipe and I am sharing with you the modified recipe in this post today.

INGREDIENTS (cake)

2 cups plain flour
1 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground almond
1 cup castor sugar
1 cup brown sugar 1 can evaporated milk
1 tsp vanilla essence
250g butter
125g groundnut oil
4 eggs (beaten)


INGREDIENTS (glazing)

1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1 can condensed milk
1/2 cup sunflower oil
1/8 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla essence

METHOD (cake)

1. Grease and line a 9" x 9" square baking pan (or two 9" sandwich pans) with baking paper.

2. Sift the plain flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, ground cinnamon and ground almond in a large bowl. Set aside.

3. Combine the castor sugar, brown sugar, milk, vanilla essence and butter in a saucepan. Stir over low heat until the sugar has dissolved and the butter has melted. Remove from the heat.

4. Add the beaten eggs into the saucepan and mix well.

5. Pour the egg mixture into the flour mixture and mix until just combined.

6. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and place the pan in the steamer.

7. Cover the top of the pan loosely with aluminium foil.

8. Steam over medium heat for 1 1/2 hours.

9. Let the cake cook before adding the glazing.

METHOD (glazing)

1. Sift the cocoa powder and ground nutmeg into a saucepan.

2. Add the milk and oil and stir over low heat till the mixture has thickened.

3. Add the salt and vanilla essence and mix well.

4. Spread the glaze on top of the cake and leave to set.