Last time my mother taught me to make Brown sugar Huat Kueh ( Chinese steamed cake) using yeast method. But this time i try this method using self-raising flour and baking powder method, very easy and fast, done within 30mins.
Pure natural green from my home grown pandan plant (screwpines leaves)
All cakes with smiling face and overly "Huat" (Chinese prefer to have this cake smile broadly as this the emblem of " Bringing good fortune and usually Chinese like to present this cake for praying ) !! ( i guess due to i have filled up too much of batter till full, hehehe)..
If you asked me which type of Huat Kueh i prefer, frankly, i still prefer Huat kueh using yeast method, like the bounchy texture..unlike this method taste very much like kueh ..soft and a little spongy..
I altered a bit of this recipe, reduced baking powder from 1tsp to 1/2tsp and change butter to corn oil for lighter version. Also original recipe call to cook sugar with water till sugar dissolved, but i omit this step, I just stir sugar with pandan water till sugar dissolved.
Pandan Steamed Cake (Huat Kueh)
(recipe source: adapted from Mandy with minor changes)
*makes about 15 small cakes
250g self-raising flour ( I use Blue Key brand)
1/2tsp baking powder
150g caster sugar (can be reduced further)
1 egg (large), lightly beaten
200ml pandan water (blend 6pcs pandan leaves with water)
45g corn oil
Method
1. Mix self-raising flour and baking powder, set aside.
2. Whisk sugar and pandan water till sugar dissolved.
3. Add in egg and corn oil, stir to mix well.
4. Add in flour and stir to combine.
5. Pour into prepared cupcake liners.
6. Steam over high heat for 20mins.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish my Hindu readers and bloggers a Happy Diwali and Happy Holidays !!
74 comments:
Sonia, very nice leh! Very "huat" like laughing not smiling :)
Hi Sonia
This kuih must be full of pandan fragrance...as well as aroma and taste too. Easy to make too.
Sonia , I love your smiley pandan cake ! lol I've made a nearly similar version of your cake before( with coconut milk though ) and always wonder why I can't have this nice round top ? My version looks almost similar as yours ! lol
What a gorgeous huat kuih, it is smiling so broadly. Love the green color and that its made using natural pandan paste.
Huat ah!!!! I can smell the sweet fragrance of pandan over here!. How you make the kuih "huat" open mouth so big? Mine all very kedekut...never open so wide ones :(
I loves pandan, keke...
All your huat kueh "laugh" happily, hehe...
Looks gorgeous!! Love the color. If you do not mind can you tell me what lens and camera are you using.
Really 'huat'! Love the green color :)
Sonia, do you have a colour theme for each dish/post/photograph? Looks good and Huat Ah!
Hai Sonia, gebu-gebu tu..Today Kak Ros baked the Hokaido Chiffon cake followed your recipe. Thank you ya.
your pandan leaves looks so fresh and good! perfect for a cake like this. Next time I feel like having huat kueh, i know where to re look at the recipe! thanks for making this easy.
好香，好香，可以请我吃一个吗？
Nice smile: ) love the green.
haven't tried pandan huat kuih before, must try one day.
好漂亮的绿色，发糕笑得很开心叻，呵呵！
：）
I always know I am in for an absolute treat when I stop by here!
Huat kueh with very big smile! The cupcake that you used really make this huat kueh look very pretty! Not forget the lovely green pandan too. Again you make me feel like making some huat kueh.
很美丽哟
我喜欢那样的绿色：）
Sonia,
All your Huat Kueh is so pretty laughing along! Do you buy ToTo or lotto sure you will be very Huat, Huat, Huat...LOL
Between about the kueh teow sheets, I normally bought from the store that sell raw kueh teow. They can custom make the sheets for me. If you can find a place where they make kueh teow you can ask them to custom make for you too because this sheets comes first in making kueh teow cycle before they cut the kueh teow into strips. And for the homemade 黄豆干i will try my very best to post it up soon..^^
mui..^^
Wah, your huat kuih really huat big. Remember to play 4 ekor ya :) I tried making huat kuih once but never turn out this way. I t had a flat top. I will to try your recipe out. Thanks for sharing Sonia.
Your haut kuih very huat leh...like the pandan flavour n vibrant green colour
Sonia..
相信心有灵犀吗？？
我们应该蛮“通”哦。。。
呵呵呵。。。 =P
好扯的冷笑话。。。。今天我也上了班兰的蛋糕哦~~
such a pretty color, Sonia - I love pandan, yum!
Ah! This should be super
easy to make c: I love
pandan cake! Really cute
in small cups as well!
Thanks for the recipe!
xx
looks awesome....
It's such a pleasure to see a bit of fresh, spring colours in this cold autumn weather we have now. I really have to find pandan leaves because your cakes look too tempting to miss them!
Until this day I haven't tried pandan leaves! I'm attracted to beautiful pandan green color. Lovely styling and these steamed cakes look delicious!
lovely green huat kuih you have here!huat! huat!huat! :D
Wow, your huat kuihs are really smiling and they look awesome! Lovely soft and fluffy texture. I love the colour too. Thanks for sharing Sonia.
Oh wow, huet until so beautiful!
Looks nice !!
Hi Sonia, I wouldn't mind if my 'huat kueh' can 'huat' so much. My mum will love it.
Padhu, i use Canon 650D with lens 50mm f1.8
I love these, so "huat" must kiv this for CNY to make for my mother:D
Sonia, I love this kueh very much. usually people sell white and pink colour kueh. Your green kueh look so nice and different. :p
Sonia, your huat gao huat dao hao gao ah! It's amazing to see how they split into 3 sections though you didn't do any slit on top of the steamed cake! Sui sui!
Lovely green color. I love huat kao when I was a little girl but not so much now. If I remember correctly they were all pink.
Awesome colour and nice "smile"! I will try this for my family this weekend. :))
Hi Sonia, your huat kueh look very fluffy and smiling. Lovely green color.
Have a nice week ahead.
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ur fatt kueh is very nice..
normally i will buy for prayers on every 1st and 15th.. time to make my own fatt kueh..
That's a creative huat kueh! I'll check out the yeast method then although I think my grandma uses this method. Will check with her....
wah! huat dao very kao lat lei! haha... Got $$$ 滚滚来bo?
very nice! love the green colour and congratulations! huat ah! huat ah!
Hi Sonia,
Nice pandan huat kueh!
I forgot to tell u, i received the puteri ayu moulds more than 1 week later. I tried using them for a puteri ayu recipe, but didnt press hard enough, in the end the coconut filling fell apart from the small cakes. :S
Ooo....so pretty. I simply green colour.
Kristy
Ooh...nice grean colour and lovely 'huat'!
Hi,
If I do not have blender to make the pandan water, what other alternative I can use?
Always find your recipes interesting and easy to follow. Thanks for sharing.
Hi,
If I do not have blender to make the pandan water, what other alternative I can use?
Always find your recipes interesting and easy to follow. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Sonia,
This is the only recipe which i can make my huat kuih huat after trying so many other recipes. Thanks for sharing such a good recipe even though it don't taste like the yeast type; at least it smiled!
Hi Sonia,
Have tried this recipe but mine didn't huat at all, what could be the problem? Over beating? And my color green not as bright as yours even I add some coloring.
For your advise pls.
Beautyme, if you dont have blender to make pandan water, then you can use pandan paste which you can buy from bakery ingredients shop.
Please make sure you use self raising flour and baking powder that not expired !!
Hi...have tried this receipe but my huat kueh not as soft and fluffy like yours but my pandan huat kueh smile broadly...i really have no idea where goes wrong....
can i use pandan paste instead of pandan water?
Hi,
This recipe looks really lovely, simple and perfect for an overseas student like me to try my hand at. However, just a few questions:
1) When you say 'blend 6 pcs pandan leaves with water' to form the pandan water, do you mean to simply boil the pandan leaves in the water, or to literally handblend/chop/pulse the pandan leaves with the water? Would I then need to strain out the juice or do you add water/juice/pulp everything into the cake?
2) Can I replace corn oil with butter instead?
Thanks very much, I hope to hear from you soon!
Chen, for pandan water, handblend/chop/pulse the pandan leaves with the water, then strain and retain the pandan water. i will not encourage you to replace with butter, try to replace other vegetables oil but not olive oil..
Love d pandan fragrance n color!
May I know How many u pour in a cup? 80% full? I tried, nice. I used the same cup But the cup opened up and cause the laughing at the side instead center, due to the cup opened at one side.
Sonia can i check if you blended 6 pandan leave in 200ml water? Thats quite a small quantity if liquid. Loveeee your blog btw thank you for sharing with us!
hi Sonia,if I use pandan paste. How much should I add in? And do I need to add 200ml of water to replace the blended pandan juice?thank u!
Xiabin, since you need a small spoon of pandan paste thus suggest not to cut down 200ml water used.
Hi Sonia, thanks do much for ur reply w advice . Much appreciated. - XiaoBin
Hi Sonia, I love your recipes. I tried this recipe and was successful the first round only. Thereafter I could not get the same texture and my cake turned out goey and flat. Any idea what went wrong? Do I stir the flour into the sugar water mixture till it's smooth or do I fold it in? Please advise. Thanks a lot!
so sad...i still cant get the wide smile...cant huat.is it my batter too watery? i use scissors cut cross but i cant see the cross
omg i saw wrongly.i put 2 teaspoon of baking powder!!
Awesome recipe! I follow it exactly and for the first time my Huat Kueh bloomed beautifully! Definitely will recommend this recipe to my girl friends. -Jan
Hi, can I use sweet potato instead? If so, how's the recipe like? Thks.. Rgds, fion
hi any tips to make it "huat"? after many attempts still cant
hi sonia, wonderful cakes you have there. I really enjoy browsing your site. Just a question as I tried to make this last week but was somewhat unsuccessful. when you say mix the flour and the wet ingredients do I whisk it together or just use a spatula to mix it thoroughly? I tried ixing it and somehow my cakes were flat and gummy. appreciate the advise. thanks so much from livi
Livi, can't really remember , I think I use a whisk to mix, make sure you use high heat to steam
Hi
Love your pandan recipe , I also make pandan cake at home
so yummy to see your pandan cake photo , make me hungry hehehe
And I want to try your pandan recipe
Nice to see your blog
Thanks
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