How nifty is this?!

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I've never heard of steamed cupcakes (!), but you can see them here and check out the recipe and blog here. And what lovely pictures!



The necessary hardware to make the bolu kukus (steamed cakes):


Bolu kukus cup

I would so love to have a bunch of these! I wonder if you could manufacture them, or just use a bain-marie?





Green tea powder and cocoa:


Green tea powder





Gorgeous!


Green Tea-Chocolate Steamed Cupcakes






Green tea and chocolate steamed cupcakes:


Green Tea-Chocolate Steamed Cupcakes





All images by 3liz4, in Indonesia.



Has anyone else experimented with steamed cupcakes? I've made steamed puddings before, but never cupcakes.





Comments

Anonymous said…
Steamed cakes/cupcakes are actually very common in Asian cuisine. In fact you don't need those moulds with holes (I have no idea how to properly name them LOL) You could use souffle moulds (ramekins) for example.
11/05/2009 9:43 PM
rudie2shoes said…
Steamed cakes are popular around Chinese New Years. Almost all Chinese families make them. You'll see them around Chinatown during the holiday season. My mom uses regular cupcake liners and steams them in a big wok. They are definitely different from baked cupcakes.
11/06/2009 12:00 PM
Danielle said…
Ok I'd like to try this. I will try using a ramekin instead unless someone knows of a place in LA that sells the moulds.
11/06/2009 4:08 PM
Sugar Crawler said…
there are many steamed goods in indonesia, steamed cupcakes or bolu kukus (bolu=cake, kukus=steamed) is one of them and a pretty old recipe means almost every family in indonesia makes this.
oh and about the mold, they sell the mold everywhere, and quite cheap like $1/12molds.
http://pennylanekitchen.blogsome.com/2007/10/24/merged/
this a link to a beautifully photographed bolu kukus from an indonesian blogger.

have you ever heard of steamed brownies? the indonesian invented it :D
11/06/2009 7:50 PM
veronaa said…
i'm indonesian and i love bolu kukus . i love the pandan flavour C:

you can find it easily in indonesian , there is a bolu seller that always pass my house every morn :)
11/07/2009 9:21 AM
Eliza said…
Hi there, those are my photos and link from my blog :) just a correction, I don't live in Indonesia, but was born there. thanks for putting these here though!

those molds came from Indonesia and I don't think they could be found here. I live in the US so I never could find them here. the holes in the molds are specifically for "bolu kukus", I think without it, the cake won't rise properly.

Eliza
http://fooddiary.blogsome.com
12/04/2009 4:40 PM
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