Steamed Chocolate Cheese Layered Cake

I made this cake 2 days ago and it was gone the next day. In fact, I make this cake every year for Raya as the recipe is simple and easy to put together. The worst thing about this cake is that it goes so fast so normally I will double it. But honestly, I am not personally a fan of this cake but my family is.

Last year my brother’s DIL was craving for this cake when she was pregnant with her second child. The baby boy was then nicknamed Bxxxx.  So that’s how this cake got its nickname ‘Bxxxx’s Cake’.

This is a really simple but delicious cake. No butter, just oil in this recipe that delivers a rich, cheesy and chocolate-y in about 2 hours.

I don’t remember where I got this recipe from but anyway, I would like to thank him / her for sharing this simple but great recipe. May our gracious Lord bless and repay him / her for his / her kindness and generousity.

Steamed Chocolate Cheese Layered Cake

This recipe yields a 8x8-inch square cake.

Ingredients A

2 whole gr. A eggs
1 cup castor sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
A pinch of salt
½ cup boiling water
½  cup fresh milk / evaporated milk
½ cup corn oil
1 cup plain flour
3 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder 

Instructions

Start by boiling the water in the steamer over medium heat.

Grease the cake pan and line with parchment paper. Grease the top of the paper too. Set aside.

Sift the plain flour together with cocoa powder, baking soda and baking powder. Set aside.

Beat the eggs and sugar until fluffy. Add the vanilla and salt. Continue to beat for 30 seconds.

Add the hot water, milk and oil. Beat at medium speed until well-mixed.

Add the dry sifted ingredients a little at a time and mix to combine well. Rest the batter for a while then divide the mixture into two equal portions. Measure well or else the layers will not be of the same height. Set aside.

Ingredient B

250 gm cream cheese
60g castor sugar
1 whole gr. A egg
1 tbsp plain water
1 tbsp plain flour

Instructions

Beat the cream cheese and sugar until smooth.

Add the egg and then followed by the plain water and flour.  Continue to beat until smooth and creamy. Set aside.

Now we’re ready to steam the cake.

Pour in one portion of the chocolate cake batter into the cake pan. Level the batter. Cover the pan with cling wrap and steam for 25 minutes.

Remove from the steamer and discard the cling wrap. Add the cream cheese batter and cover with cling wrap then continue to steam for another 20 minutes.

Remove from the steamer and discard the cling wrap. Pour in the other portion of the chocolate cake batter onto the cheese layer.

Then cover with cling wrap again and steam for another 45 minutes or until the cake is cooked. Check with a prick.

Leave the cake to cool in the steamer for a few minutes. Remove from the steamer and let it cool completely before removing it from the cake pan.