Japanese Steam Cakes (Mushi-pan)

Recipe for Kiioritori Japanese Steam Cakes (Mushi-pan)　レシピ・キイロイトリの蒸しパンの作り方

As promised, here is the Kiiroitori Japanese Steam Cakes (mushi-pan) recipe for you.

This is super easy and follows very closely to my earlier steam cakes recipes. The base of the dough is made of hotcake mix and yogurt - yummy and healthy! This is also a no-bake recipe, which I know some of you would like!

The texture of the cakes resembles our local Ma Lai Gao (as in Malay Cake). :) 

今日はキイロイトリの蒸しパンの作り方を紹介しました。ホットケーキミックスとヨーグルトを使いました。このレシピは簡単し、おいしかったんです。皆さんは作ってみてください。

I hope to do a twist to my steam cake recipes soon, but in the meantime, I always go back to this trusty recipe that works all the time.

Am also happy that several blog followers have tried my steam cake recipes with success! Yeay! If you have tried making them too, let me know how it goes. One of them was so creative and even made domo-kun versions which were very cute.

もしみなさんは作ったら、知らせてくださいよ。

Recipe for Kiioritori Japanese Steam Cakes (mushi-pan)　

レシピ・キイロイトリの蒸しパンの作り方

Makes 8 medium steam cakes
*the muffin cups are about 6cm diameter and 3.7cm tall.

Ingredients

(A)

Hotcake mix 150g (I used Morinaga brand hotcake mix) / daiso pancake mix

Plain low fat yoghurt 100g (I used marigold plain yogurt with sugar, so I reduced the sugar added below)

*If you are using plain yogurt without sugar, please add 50g of sugar instead.

sugar 20g

baking powder 5g

salad oil 1tbsp

egg (small) 2

vanilla essence 3~5 drops

For eyes/nose/feet details:

(B)

dark cocoa powder 0.5tsp

plain flour 0.5 tsp

red icing color 

yellow icing color 

(I used Wilton icing colors)

Method

1.Add all ingrdients (A) in a large mixing bowl and mix well. 

2. Scoop 2tsp of the dough mixture from step 1. Add red and yellow icing colors and add 0.5 tsp of plain flour, mix well to color it orange.  

3. Scoop 2tsp of dough mixture from step 1 and add 0.5tsp dark cocoa powder, mix well. 

4. Divide the remaining dough mixture from step 1 into 8 medium cupcake cups. Fill each to about 70% full. Set aside. 

Point:

• Knock the base of the cupcake cups to remove air bubbles.

5. Place the orange dough and black dough from step 2 and step 3 into 2 separate piping bags. 

6. Draw the patterns on top of the cupcake cups filled with dough from step 4. Over here, I started with the orange color for the nose. Followed by the nostrils, eyes and feet. 

7. Place the steam cakes on a steamer rack and steam at low heat for 12 mins.

Point:

• Please ensure that the pot is high enough as the cakes will rise when steamed. 
• In addition, highly recommend to cover the pot lid with a steamer cloth to prevent water from dripping onto the cakes. It will spoil the design and may cause sinking.