Steamed Marble Cake

Before Steaming

Recipe Source: Magic Steamed Cake by Alex Goh
Preparation: 20 minutes

Ingredients

A
280g butter
240g castor sugar

B
4 eggs

C
300g plain flour
2½ tsps double action baking powder

D
½ tbsp chocolate paste

Method

After Steaming

1. Lightly grease and line 20cm (8 inch) round mould.
2. Beat A until light & fluffy.  Add in B slowly, cream until smooth & light.  
3. Add in sieved C, mix until well-blended.
4. Take 100g of the above batter, mix with D until well-blended.
5. Pour plain batter into greased mould.  Use a teaspoon to spoon the chocolate batter over the plain batter and swirl it to make marble effects.
6. Steam for 70 minutes.
7. Leave the cake aside for 5 minutes before moving out from the mould.

Notes

• For ingredient D i.e. chocolate paste, I use Monbana chocolate spread.  I tried Milo powder mixed with water in my first attempt.  If you have Nutella, it will work, too.  This also saves time & $$ to purchase chocolate paste.
• Instead of using round mould, I use 2 disposable aluminium tray (215 x 110 x 55mm) which I placed onto a supporting pan before steaming.  The batter is just nice for 2 aluminium tray.
• For method 4, I use more than 100g of batter to have more choco taste.
• To create marble effect, I pour the plain batter alternate with chocolate batter side by side (plain-choco-plain-choco) before swirling it with the spoon tips.  Be careful not to mix the whole batter.