{"id":14409,"date":"2011-07-18T21:28:29","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T13:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=14409"},"modified":"2011-07-18T21:45:55","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T13:45:55","slug":"yummy-toddler-foods-steamed-pandan-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2011\/07\/18\/yummy-toddler-foods-steamed-pandan-muffins\/","title":{"rendered":"Yummy Toddler Foods: Steamed Pandan Muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I love this shade of green :) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I had a sudden craving for those extra-soft Chinese steamed cup cakes while browsing through photos of nicely steamed cakes. The recipe<\/a> for the above pandan cup cakes is courtesy of the author of ‘Table for 2 or more’. Besides using natural pandan juice, I liked her use of coconut milk to enhance the flavour further.<\/p>\n

The first attempt produced rather salty cup cakes as I accidentally doubled the amount of salt!! Argh. The same cup cakes were also rather tough in texture. So I asked the author of the recipe to help troubleshoot with the texture. It turned out that I overmixed the wet and dry ingredients. I learned that the trick was to use the muffin-making mixing technique – just mixed briefly until wet and dry ingredients are just combined and don’t be bothered by lumps of flour in the batter (those lumps would dissolve during cooking).<\/p>\n

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All steamy in the wok :)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My second attempt was much better. I managed to get a soft eating texture. :) Hence, I think the product should be named steamed muffins rather than steamed cup cakes. I also learned that those Chinese steamed cakes I was craving for were made of rice flour. Okay, my next baking project to KIV. :)<\/p>\n

Below is a photo of Hannah eating a too-much-salt-and-quite-hard muffin from my first attempt. She’s my greatest fan! She would eat almost anything I cook even when it didn’t turn out okay. Our darling girl :)<\/p>\n

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I had a sudden craving for those extra-soft Chinese steamed cup cakes while browsing through photos of nicely steamed cakes. The recipe for the above pandan cup cakes is courtesy of the author of ‘Table for 2 or more’. Besides<\/p>\n

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