Chinese Steamed Rice Cake Recipe ( Rice Fa gao ) | International Recipes

In India we prepare so many Idli varieties but none of them are sweet. The Chinese are making steamed rice cakes which is nothing but sweet idli from rice flour without urad dal. Its interesting that they are adding yeast for fermentation. The taste is very unique and this is the idli recipe which you can’t miss.

Recipe Cuisine : International / China | Recipe Category: Cake 

 Preparation Time: 10 mins  | Cooking Time : 17 mins |  Yields : 5-7

Source: chinasichuanfood

Ingredients:

Rice Flour ( Recipe HERE)	1 cup ( 240ml)
Maida	¼ cup
Sugar	1/3 cup
Hot Water	1 ¼ - 1 ½ cup
Instant Yeast	½ tsp
Oil for brushing	As required

Procedure:

1. Add hot water and sugar in a bowl. Mix them well till the sugar dissolves completely.

2. Add rice flour, maida and yeast in a wide bowl. Mix them well.

3. Add sugar water ( from 1) little by little and mix them well without lumps with whisk.

4. Adjust the water level and make the batter little bit thicker than idli batter consistency.

5. Close the lid of the bowl and keep it aside for 2-3 hrs for fermentation.

6. After fermentation, the batter becomes double in its size. Mix them gently and keep it aside.

7. Grease the cup cake bowls or small bowls with oil. Pour the batter till ¾ of the bowl and steam cook them for 15- 17 mins or till the inserted tooth pick comes out clean.

Note:

1. I have used instant yeast.

2.  You can also use dry yeast. Be sure to mix the yeast in ¼ cup of warm water for 15 mins and then use.

3. Adjust the sugar level according to your taste.

4. You can use odorless oil for greasing.

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Eggless Butterless Chocolate cake without Maida | Cake Recipes

Everyone, from adults to kids love chocolate. They will love chocolate cake even better. Chocolate cakes are easy to prepare even without egg. I am presenting a fool proof recipe which I have tried many times with very good result (Cake always spongy). Try this and win the hearts of your loved ones again.

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Recipe Cuisine : International | Recipe Category: Baking

Preparation Time: 10 mins  | Baking Time: 25 mins | Yields: 7 inch cake

Ingredients:

Wheat Flour	1 cup (1 cup = 240ml)
Curd / Yogurt	½ cup
Milk	½ cup
Sugar	¾ cup
Coco Powder	¼ cup
Oil (odorless)	¼ cup
Vanilla Essence	1 tsp
Baking Powder	1 tsp
Baking Soda	¼ tsp
Butter / Oil (for Greasing the pan)	As required
Powdered Sugar (for dusting)	As required
Cherries (optional)	As required

Procedure:

1. In a bowl, add milk, curd and sugar. Mix them well till the sugar dissolves completely.

2. Add baking soda with the above mixture and mix them gently. Keep it aside for 5 mins or till bubbles comes from the mixture.

3. Sieve wheat flour, coco powder and baking powder together for 2-3 times. Keep it aside.

4. Meanwhile, grease the baking pan with butter and dust with wheat flour. Keep it aside.

5. Add vanilla essence with the curd mixture (from 2).

6. Now add the sieved flour (from 3) little by little with the curd mixture (from 2).

7. Mix them well and then add remaining flour till all the sieved flour incorporate with the curd mixture.

8. Add oil and fold them gently. Cake batter is ready.

9. Pour the cake batter into the greased baking tray (I have used 7 inch round cake pan).

10. Pre heat the oven for 200 degree Celsius.

11.  Bake the cake at 180 degree Celsius for 25-30 mins or inserted the tooth pick comes out clean.

12. After, immediately take the cake out from the oven. Allow it to cool down completely.

13. Remove the cake from the pan using the knife.

14. Dust the cake with powdered sugar and serve. (this is optional)

   Really spongy and delicious eggless butter less chocolate cake is ready to serve.

Note:

1. Use 1 cup of buttermilk instead of milk and curd.

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Honey Cake Recipe (Indian Bakery Style)

Honey cake is a very popular cake and all bakeries have them always. It will be good to make it at home itself and everyone will appreciate the healthiness of homemade cakes when they have it (as they can easily compare with the taste of bakery honey cake).

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                               Recipe Cuisine : Indian| Recipe Category: Baking                                      

Preparation Time: 15 mins  |  Yields: 10 slices

Ingredients:

Sponge Cake	1 *
Sugar Syrup:
Sugar	1/4 cup
Water	½ cup
Vanilla Essence	1 tsp
Jam Coating:
Mixed Fruit Jam	3 tbsp
Warm Water	1 tbsp
Garnishing:
Desiccated Coconut (Recipe HERE)	¼ cup

* Recipe for Sponge Cake:

1. Eggless Sponge Cake with curd

2. Eggless Sponge Cake with Kadai (without oven and pressure cooker)

3. Basic Vanilla Sponge Cake with Egg

Procedure:

1. Bake one sponge cake either with eggs or without eggs from the above links. Allow it to cool down completely.

2. If you have thick crust, them remove the crust from the cake. Otherwise use the cake as it is.

For Sugar Syrup:

3. Heat the water in a pan. Add granulated sugar and boil till the sugar melts completely.

4. Add vanilla essence and mix them well. Keep it aside.

For Jam coating:

5. Add the jam in a bowl. Add warm water and mix them well with the spoon.

6. Mix them well till the jam mixture reaches pouring consistency. Keep it aside.

Honey Cake:

7. Turn over the cake and pour the sugar syrup (from 4) little by little, till all the sides become wet.

8. Again turn over the cake and pour the remaining sugar syrup little by little, till all sides of the cake become wet.

9. Now spread the jam liquid (from 6) gently over the cake.

10. Then sprinkle the desiccated coconut over the jam spread.

11. Then cut it into small rectangles and serve.

     Yummy and delicious honey cake is ready to serve.

Note:

1. The measurement for honey cake is for the cake with 1 cup of flour only.

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Eggless Sponge Cake with Kadai (without Oven and Pressure Cooker)

Many people want to prepare cake recipes, but they don’t have oven. There are many alternate recipes which use pressure cooker instead of oven. However few don’t want to use pressure cooker because of fear that their pressure cooker might damage. I tried using normal thick bottom kadai itself for baking.  It came out very well and my family liked the outcome very much. I will also post the pressure cooker version soon.

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Ingredients:

Dry Ingredients:
Wheat Flour	1 cup ( 1 cup = 240 ml)
Sugar	½ cup
Baking Powder	1 tsp
Wet Ingredients:
Butter	½ cup
Milk (boiled and cold)	½ cup
Vanilla Essence	1 tsp
For Baking without oven:
Table Salt	2 cups

Procedure:

1. Sieve wheat flour and baking powder twice or thrice. Keep it aside.

2. Powder the sugar using the dry mixie jar. Keep it aside.

3. Add the butter in a wide bowl. Beat well till it becomes soft using the electric beater or whisk.

4. Add powdered sugar (from 2) to the butter and mix them slowly. Then beat them well till they become soft.

5. Add vanilla essence and mix them well.

6. Add milk to the above batter and mix them well. Don’t over mix them, because the milk turns into curdle. But don’t worry if it curdles.

7. Add sieved flour (from 1) little by little and make a soft batter. When the batter looks like a urad dal batter then it is in the right consistency. The cake batter is ready.

8. Grease the butter in a 7 inch baking tray and dusted with wheat flour.

9. Pour the cake batter and tap them gently to level the batter.

Using the Pan Version:

10. Meanwhile, add 2 cups of table salt in a thick kadai/pan and close the lid of the pan.  Heat the pan for 5 mins in high flame. This is preheating step. Don’t use non stick pans.

11. Keep the tray on the salt and close the lid of the pan. Keep the flame at very low.  (please refer the video)

12. Allow to bake for 35-45 mins or till an inserted tooth pick comes out clean.

 Using Oven Version:

13. Preheat the oven for 200 degree Celsius.

14. Bake the cake for 180 degree Celsius for 35-45 mins or till an inserted tooth pick comes out clean.

15. Allow it to cool down completely and then remove from the tray.

        Yummy and super soft eggless cake is ready to serve!

Note:

1. You can replace ½ cup butter with ½ cup odorless oil.

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Whole Wheat Carrot Cake

This carrot cake recipe is in continuation with carrot muffin (Recipe HERE)  recipe I have posted earlier. The uniqueness of this recipe is that it is spicy as well, as we are adding cinnamon and nutmeg powders. Kids and adults both will love this blend. This carrot cake is also healthy as it is prepared with wheat flour and carrot.

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Recipe Cuisine : International | Recipe Category: Baking

Preparation Time: 15 mins  | Baking Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Wheat Flour	1 cup (240 ml)
Butter	½ cup
Egg	2
Sugar	½ cup
Grated Carrot	¾ cup
Vanilla Essence	1 tsp
Baking Powder	1 tsp
Cinnamon Powder	½ tsp
Nutmeg Powder	½ tsp

Procedure:

1. Sieve wheat flour, cinnamon powder, nutmeg powder and baking powder together twice or thrice. Keep it aside.

2. Powder the sugar using the dry mixi jar. 

3. Beat the butter till it becomes fluffy using electric beater at high speed.

4. Then add the powdered sugar (from 3) and beat it continuously till they become fluffy.

5. Now add one egg and one tbsp of flour mixture (from 1)  with the butter mixture. Beat the mixture till the egg mix well with the butter.

6. Now add the second egg and one tbsp of flour mixture (from 1) with the butter-egg mixture. Beat the mixture till the egg mix well with the butter.

7. Now add the essence with the butter–egg mixture.

8. Now add remaining sieved flour (from 1) little by little, beat them at low speed till they incorporate with the butter mixture.

9. Add grated carrot and beat them for 30 seconds only. Cake batter is ready.

10. Meanwhile, grease the 7 inch pan with butter and dust with flour.

11. Pour the cake batter (from 9) into the dusted pan.

12. Preheat the oven for 200 degree Celsius. Bake the cake for 30-40 mins or inserted tooth pick comes out clean at 180 degree Celsius.

13. Allow it to cool down completely. Remove the cake from the pan.

14. Immediately dust the powdered sugar over the cake using sieve. (this is optional)

      Wow yummy and healthy Carrot Cake is ready to serve.

Note:

1. Should not add all the eggs at a time. Because the butter becomes curdle. 
2. For eggless version, you can replace 2 eggs with 1/2 cup of curd.

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