An Oven-Less Dessert: Steamed Devil's Food Cake

Name: An Oven-Less Dessert: Steamed Devil's Food Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 90 grams 3/4 cup AP flour; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar; 40 grams 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips; 30 grams tablespoons cocoa powder; 1 large egg; 0 teaspoons salt; 105 grams 1/2 cup sugar; 70 grams tablespoons canola or vegetable oil; 84 grams tablespoons water

Need a dairy free dessert? An Oven-Less Dessert: Steamed Devil's Food Cake could be an awesome recipe to try. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 10 servings with 167 calories, 2g of protein, and 9g of fat each. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. If you have water, baking soda, vegetable oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Lightly grease a standard metal loaf pan (9X5X2), and line the bottom with parchment or wax paper.

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Wax Paper

Loaf Pan

Place a cooling or roasting rack in the bottom of a deep metal roasting pan and fill with water to just below the level of the rack. Position the roasting pan over two stove burners. Turn burners to medium-high and invert a metal baking tray over roasting pan.

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Water

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Baking Pan

Stove

Combine first four ingredients and whisk to evenly distribute and break up any lumps.

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Whisk

In a separate bowl with an electric mixer, whip together egg and sugar on medium-high speed until very light and thick, about two minutes. .

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Sugar

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add vinegar, and whip briefly to incorporate.

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Vinegar

Continuing to whip, add oil in a slow stream, stopping the stream every so often to allow mixture to fully emulsify before proceeding.

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Cooking Oil

Add about 1/3 of the combined dry ingredients (from step 2), and mix just to combine.

Add half of the water and mix just to combine.

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Water

Add half of remaining dry ingredients; followed by remaining water, finishing with the rest of the dry ingredients, mixing between each ingredient addition just to combine.

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Water

Stir in chocolate chips and turn the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Carefully remove the inverted baking sheet “lid” from the roasting pan, avoiding steam and hot water that may have collected on the underside of the pan.

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Chocolate Chips

Water

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Baking Sheet

Roasting Pan

Loaf Pan

Place filled loaf pan on rack inside roasting pan, re-cover the roasting pan with baking sheet, and steam cake until a thin knife or toothpick inserted in the center comes out free of uncooked batter (it may bear traces of melted chocolate chips), 20-30 minutes.

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Chocolate Chips

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Baking Sheet

Roasting Pan

Toothpicks

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Knife

Serve immediately or re-steam cake until heated through just before serving.

Note: For the best finished texture, it is import to follow step 5 carefully to create an emulsion, and not to overmix the batter with the additions of dry ingredients and water, which might break the emulsion or over develop the gluten in the flour, resulting in a greasier, heavier cake.

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Emulsions