How to Make Cakes with a Gas Stove

Baking in the oven is a familiar method for many people, but sponge cake can still be made in many other ways. If you don’t have a microwave, you can still make muffins using a gas stove, large pot and steamer or glass baking tray. The finished product will still look like a cake made in the oven, but will be softer and not dry.

Table of Contents

Prepare the dough and cake mold

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Choose and prepare your favorite sponge cake dough. You can use your own sponge cake recipe or use pre-mixed cake batter. Most sponge cake recipes will fit the method in this article. ^{[1] X Research Source}

Butter 1 or 2 cake pans. Remember to butter the bottom and sides of the mold. If the recipe calls for additional molds, prepare according to the instructions. If the recipe calls for a removable bottom mold, you can replace it with 2 regular cake pans. ^{[2] X Research Source}

You should not use a removable bottom mold because the locking part and height of the mold can cause the mold to not fit the pot .

Sprinkle flour into the mold. You will add about 1 tablespoon of flour to each mold you need to use. Shake and rock the tray back and forth gently so that the flour evenly adheres to the bottom of the pan. Next, erect the mold and roll it like a wheel so that the dough adheres to the mold wall. Discard the remaining flour.

If you don’t have enough flour, add about ½ – 1 tablespoon flour to the pan.

Line the wax paper in the mold. You will first place the mold on the stencils, and then use the pen to draw around the bottom of the mold. Next, cut out circles on the stencils, and then place them in the molds.

Repeat this step for each mold to be used.
You don’t need to line the sides with wax paper.

Prepare the cake steamer

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Prepare a pot and steamer or a glass baking tray. The steamer should have a flat bottom and bottom legs to keep the bottom from touching the pot, or a handle for the steamer to fit snugly over the top of the pot.

You can also use a round glass baking tray . The baking tray needs a flat bottom and a handle to fit over the top of the pot.

Pour some water into the pot, then place the steamer on top. The water needs to be about 2.5cm from the bottom of the steamer. You will pour water into the pot before you put the steamer. Add or remove water as needed. ^{[3] X Research Sources}

If you use a glass baking tray, the amount of water used should also be about 2.5cm from the bottom of the tray.
It is not necessary to precisely align the 2.5cm distance. You just need to make sure the water in the pot when boiling will not overflow into the steamer.

Spread a thin layer of dried beans in the bottom of the steamer. You can use any type of beans. You can even use small pebbles. The use of peas is to create a cushion between the steamer and the bottom of the mold. ^{[4] X Research Sources}

You will also perform the same operation when using a glass baking tray. In this case, using dried beans is safer for glass.

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Prepare an additional steamer if you are making a lot of cakes. You can combine a pot and steamer, or use a glass pot and baking tray. With each type of steamer, the finished sponge cake will look slightly different but the taste will still be the same.

The steaming time of the two types of steamers is the same.
If you don’t prepare an extra pot, you will steam the cake several times.

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Cover the pot and boil the water over high heat for about 5 minutes. Similar to preheating the oven, you will heat the steamer. You just need to cover the pot, turn the stove to high heat and wait 5 minutes. ^{[5] X Research Sources}

If you don’t do this step, it’s like you’re putting the dough in a cold oven; the cake will not be cooked properly and may still be raw. ^{[6] X Research Sources}
Make sure the lid is tightly closed to the steamer or glass baking tray to prevent steam from escaping. This is extremely important when you start steaming the cake. ^{[7] X Research Sources}

Steamed sponge cake

Place the cake pan in the steamer. If you are using a glass baking tray, you will place the cake pan on the tray. Make sure the bottom of the mold is placed on the dry beans. Do not try to push the mold under the bean layer. ^{[8] X Research Sources}

If the bottom of the pan touches the bottom of the steamer or the glass baking tray, the cake pan will become very hot, causing the cake to burn.

Place a piece of parchment paper over the rim of the pot before closing the lid. Do not cover the pot immediately. If you do, steam will build up and run down the cake, causing it to become mushy. Instead, you will cut a piece of parchment paper to cover the mouth of the pot and then gently place the lid on the parchment paper. ^{[9] X Research Source}

The stencils need to be about 5cm wider than the mouth of the pot because the weight of the lid will cause the stencils to sink.

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Steam the cake with medium heat for about 25 – 30 minutes. When steaming until 25 minutes, you will open the lid and use a toothpick to check the cake. When you remove the toothpick, if you see a clean toothpick, the cake is done. If a toothpick has wet dough, continue steaming and check every 5 minutes. ^{[10] X Research Source}

Some cakes need to be steamed longer than 30 minutes.
To check the cake with a toothpick, simply insert a toothpick in the center of the cake and pull it out.
Try not to open the lid until the time is right, or steam will escape and slow down the steaming process.

Use a kitchen towel to remove the cake from the pot. First, you open the lid and take out the stencil layer. Next, hold a kitchen towel in your hand and hold the mold with your hand and carefully remove the cake pan.

This can be a bit difficult, especially when you don’t have a lot of space between the mold and the steamer/glass baking tray. Try to manipulate it skillfully!
If the kitchen towel is too thin, you can fold the towel in half or use a pot lifter. Kitchen gloves may be too big to fit between the pot and the cake pan.

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Wait 5 minutes for the cake to cool before removing it from the mold. To remove the cake from the mold, just turn the mold upside down on a flat surface to let the cake fall out. Peel off the parchment paper and turn the cake over. ^{[11] X Research Source}

Now the cake is done. You can flatten the surface of the cake to make it look more beautiful.
If you want to spread cream on the cake, you have to put the cake on the hong rack to cool completely (it takes about 10-15 minutes); otherwise the cream will melt.

Advice

Cakes may need to be steamed for more than 25 – 30 minutes.
Do not let the bottom of the cake pan touch the bottom of the steamer or glass baking tray, as the mold will overheat.
If you use gravel, make sure it is clean gravel.

Things you need

Gas stove
Cauldron
Steamer or glass baking tray
Stencils
Recipes for cake or pre-mixed sponge cake
Dried beans or gravel

Steps

Prepare the dough and cake mold

Prepare the cake steamer

Steamed sponge cake

Advice

Things you need

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