So, here I am updating this blog after more than 5 years break! LOL

I start to do my old hobby of baking lately but never thought of continue to document it in this blog, until some friends asked me to. I have my oven back in my kitchen, even though I don't have anymore baking tools collections like I use to have few years back.  I'm not planning to bake everyday anyway.  So, let's see what I can do.

I made this steamed cake a week ago, and then I found out that Miss B from Everybody Eats Well in Flanders is hosting Aspiring Bakers #25 - Steaming Hot Cakes (November 2012).  I decided that this could be one of the right reasons to start to write again, LOL.

Bolu Sakura (Caramel Steamed Cake) is one of Indonesia's popular steam cake.  We can find it in almost every part of Indonesia.  This is my first time to make my own Bolu Sakura, and I am really happy with the result.  

Ingredients:

500 grams granulated sugar

500 ml of boiled water

220 ml chicken eggs (4 eggs medium size)

100 melted butter/ margarine

1 tsp vanilla

Butter/veggie oil to spread

Sift together:

450 grams all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 tablespoon of baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

Direction:

1. Prepare some small sakura/ flower cake molds, spread with butter/vegetable oil. Set aside. Heat up water in a steamer to boil. Wrap the steamer lid with a cloth napkin.

2. Place 250 grams sugar into a pan and and cook until it turn brown and caramelized. Pour the water gradually, do not stir instantly. Let it cook until boiling then have it a stir. Put a side.

3. Beat eggs, vanilla with the remaining sugar until thick and fluffy. Pour the caramelized sugar while keep beating at low speed until blended. Turn off the mixer.

4. Stir in the sifted-flour until well blended. Add melted butter/margarine gradually, stirring gently with a spatula until well blended.

5. Pour the batter into each mold up to 3/4 full. Steam for 15 minutes until cooked. Take it out from steamer. Let it cool slightly then remove from mold. Serve.

PS: If you don’t have those small molds, you may use a cake/pudding mold (made from plastic).

servings: 40pcs (small molds)