Soda Crackers Cake
The first time I ate this cake was when my house mate, Frida offered some freshly steamed cake to me. The aroma of the soda cracker and the fluffiness of the cake is very different from ordinary cakes. The texture is something like Malay kueh, and tasty all the same.
Ingredients:
150g/21 pieces oil-less soda cracker, break and pound finely, or use a blender. (I used Jacob low salt high fibre crackers)
6 eggs, beaten
180 g sugar
250 g butter
Method:
Step 1: Cream the butter and sugar till it became fluffy.
Step 2 and 3: Fold in the eggs and add in the soda cracker crumbs and mix throughly.
Now that the batter has been mixed thoroughly, pour the batter into metal trays and steam then with high heat for about twenty minutes. Do test if it is cooked or not by poking a cake tester or anything equivalent into the middle of the cake. If the stick comes out smooth, the cake is cooked. If it is not, steam for a few minutes more.
Just like cake, it is possible to mix part of the dough with chocolate powder and make a marble version of this soda cake. I mixed up some portion with coffee and steaming the cake with alternate layers of normal batter/coffee batter. Whenever a new layer is spread, cook for one minute before spreading another layer.
Since I have more leftover batter, the remainder of the batter is poured into a loaf tin and steamed until cooked.
The resulting soda crackers cake is a tad on the heavier side. I think it is not cooked thoroughly enough, hence it is not fluffy. I steamed it for quite a while already, but maybe the loaf tin is thicker than the cake thin, and hence the result is not as nice.
Anyway, it was a good experiment, albeit I would prefer more ingredients adjustment to suit my taste. I will take note the next time I try this though. This soda crackers cake is just so easy to make!
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