A quick and easy steamed cupcake recipe that can be ready in just 30 minutes!
What are steamed cupcakes?
Steamed cupcakes are exactly what they sound like. They are cupcakes that are cooked by steaming instead of being baked. Steamed cupcakes are a great alternative if you don’t have an oven or just want to try something new.
This specific recipe also has the additional benefit of requiring no oil or butter. There are no added fats!
Ingredients Needed
Steamed cupcakes uses very basic ingredients:
- egg
- vanilla extract
- sugar
- cake flour
- baking powder
- milk
Equipment Needed:
- A steamer (or a large enough pot that can fit 4 cupcakes comfortably). There are steamers that can be placed on top of your stove or electric ones that require to be plugged into an outlet.
- Mixing bowl
- Hand mixer (or you can whisk by hand too.)
- Whisk
- Cupcake molds + cupcake liners
- Piping bag
- Black food coloring
How to make the steamed cupcakes
- Add the egg, vanilla extract, and sugar to a bowl. Mix with a hand mixer. The mixture will start off yellow but turn a lighter in color as you mix. Stop mixing once it turns light and pale in color.
- Sift in the cake flour and baking powder and mix with a whisk until combined
- Add in the milk and whisk until you get a nice and smooth batter.
- Divide the batter into 4 cupcake molds
Drawing the Jack Skellington design
- Make sure to set aside some batter before dividing the batter into 4 cupcake molds.
- Take this batter and dye it black then transfer it into a piping bag.
- Cut a small slit at the end of the piping bag and begin to draw the design directly on top of the cupcake batter
Steaming the cupcakes
The cupcakes need to be steamed for 20 minutes on medium heat. You can do this by either using a steamer or if you don’t have a steamer, use a large enough pot that can comfortably fit the 4 cupcakes.
To set up steaming with a large pot you would need a steaming rack.
- Fill the pot with about 1 inch of water
- Place the steaming rack inside
- Once the water has come to a boil, place the plate with the cupcakes inside.
- Cover the pot with a lid and steam on medium heat for 20 minutes.
Steamed Cupcakes – Jack Skellington Version
Ingredients
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 60 grams sugar
- 110 grams cake flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 85 grams milk
- black food coloring
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add in the egg, vanilla extract, and sugar. Use a hand mixer and mix until it turns light and pale in color.
- Sift in the cake flour and baking powder. Mix with a whisk until combined.
- Add in the milk and whisk until you have a smooth batter.
- Set a little bit of the batter aside and dye it black. Transfer this batter into a piping bag.
- Evenly divide the remaining batter into 4 cupcake molds.
- Draw on the design on top of the cupcakes with the black batter.
- Steam on medium heat for 20 minutes