A Childhood Favourite 鸡蛋糕 : Sep-14

This is a rather hectic but fun month for me, in my own kitchen. Hahaa.. It began first with the snowskin mooncakes, followed by rice cooker cakes. Then Victor requested for me to make one of his childhood favourite, the 鸡蛋糕 with the raisins. Hey, the 鸡蛋糕 is also one of my favourite breakfast food, but I prefer the plain one with the soft paper cup and the red dot on the cake.

The 鸡蛋糕 is definitely a steamed cake, one that I can make in my kitchen!! With this basic knowledge I went on my hunt for a recipe on the internet!! I was surprised there were so many versions of this simple cake.. some were seemingly arrange ingredients like cream soda or Eno, and still other recipes with ingredients so sophisticated that I have never heard of it!! At the verge of calling it a day, I came across this professional food blogger who actually tried out d various 鸡蛋糕 recipes including the traditional one which requires only the three ingredients of eggs, sugar and flour. Naturally I chose the simplest recipe and began my trial..

My first attempt was a success!! It really had that very eggy fragrance.. I LOVE IT!! And Victor loved it too!! Especially with my pre-soaked raisins.. It was really heavenly with my kopi-o..... 😍😍

With 3 eggs, 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of flour, the 鸡蛋糕 I made did not last very long before they were all eaten up. I could not wait to make and eat another batch!!

Actually I was feeling a little guilty about consuming so much sugar. In a bid to ease my guilt, I attempted a healthier version of the 鸡蛋糕 with buckwheat flour (instead of white flour) and brown sugar (instead of white sugar). The end result was rather dry.. and not so nice. Guess if I really want a healthier 鸡蛋糕 the next time, I will mix buckwheat flour with plain white flour! Also I have to make sure I use caster sugar (which is simply grinding coarse sugar into powder form!!). 

Hahaa.. Before the month ran out, I have steamed my own 鸡蛋糕 at least 4 times!! For the 4th time, I really went back to study the recipe and made sure I followed every instruction to a T. I may not have yield the softest or tastiest cake yet, but the satisfaction was tremendous and I even enjoyed my 鸡蛋糕 even more!!