Proto蒸雞蛋糕

Prototype 2. the 1st one ended in the bin.
i'm still trying to learn how to get this, partially cos i really miss the ones that i cld get back home. and the times i'd eat it as a child after every religious rituals/ceremonies.

i was using the following recipe but as i do not have the tall lid/deep steaming pots, the cake didn't manage to 'bloom'. resulting it to be rather compact. also made the mistake to opening the lid too soon and the cake kindda collapsed. oh yah the recipe.....


Ingredients：

* half cup cake flour

* 6 x eggs (must be at room temperature)

* half cup sugar

* Cream of Tartar 3/4tsp (optional)

* non grease paper


Approach：

1. Boil the water first, you have to make sure its boiling when you put in the cake mix later. also make sure that you have enough water to last 50 min

2. line the baking pan with non grease paper

3. separate egg white and yolks，add cream of tartar to egg white

4. beat the egg white at full speed (use mixer)，until you see it turning foamy (can see bubbles). use mixing bowl cos rounded bottom allows better circulation so i read.

5. gradually add sugar until the mixture thickens. the mixture shld have an equal consistency. it will grow up to 3 times the original volume.

6. beat the yolks in another bowl

7. add the yolks and fold it into the mixture in 3 different portions. you must fold till you dont see any yolks trace every time u add in the yolk. the technique is to fold gently so as to not disturb the inherent air bubbles.

8. add in the flour and fold it into the mixture in 3 portions. you must fold till you dont see any lumps of flour.

9. pour mixture into pan. ur mixture should take up no more than half of the pan.

10. sprinkle a cross of sugar on top of the mixture so that it will bloom into quarters. i have also read that you can use a oily spatula and 'cut' a cross on the mixture. (i didnt do this :( )

11. bake for 50 minutes. the water must be boiling at hi-heat.

12. once time's up, turn off n let cake sit in there for 10 mins (i also didnt do this :( ). then take out and serve.