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Singapore “Carrot Cake”

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Singapore "Carrot Cake"

Singapore "Carrot Cake"

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Equipment

  • - Food Processor: A versatile kitchen appliance that can grind, mix, and puree ingredients efficiently, perfect for preparing the finely ground coconut flour base for Singapore Carrot Cake.

  • - High-Speed Blender: Ideal for mixing batter or creating smooth batters from scratch, essential for ensuring a silky texture in your cake.

  • - Stand Mixer: With multiple attachments, including dough hooks and whisk paddles, it's perfect for thoroughly mixing ingredients, crucial when making the carrot mixture for the cake.

  • - Digital Scale: Ensures precise measurements of your ingredients, which is critical in baking to achieve the right balance of flavors and textures.

  • - Silicone Baking Mat: Provides an even cooking surface for your cakes, ensuring they rise uniformly without sticking - this can be particularly useful if you're making individual servings or using non-stick bakeware.

  • - Electric Mixer (Hand Mixer): While a stand mixer is great, an electric hand mixer is also very useful for mixing and incorporating ingredients in your batter.

  • - Cooling Rack: Essential after baking to allow the cake to cool evenly without becoming soggy underneath due to steam condensation.

  • - Silicone Spatula: Versatile for mixing, scraping bowls and surfaces, and ensuring no ingredient is wasted during preparation - a must-have tool in any kitchen.

  • - Measuring Cups and Spoons: The backbone of accurate recipe execution - ensures you measure your ingredients correctly for the best results in baking.

  • - Oven Thermometer: Ensures that your oven is accurately preheated to the correct temperature, which can vary and affect the outcome of your cake significantly.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound daikon (also called Chinese radish or luo bo)

  • 7 tablespoons peanut or vegetable oil

  • 2 teaspoons salt

  • 1 teaspoon white pepper

  • 2 cups finely ground rice flour (not sweet; an Asian brand such as Erawan)

  • 2 cups water

  • 6 large eggs

  • 2 tablespoons chopped garlic

  • 1/4 cup ketjap manis (Indonesian sweet soy sauce) or thick soy sauce

  • 1 1/2 teaspoons sambal oelek or Sriracha (Southeast Asian chile sauce) plus additional for serving

  • 3 scallions, chopped (1/4 cup)

  • 1/2 cup loosely packed sprigs fresh cilantro

  • a well-seasoned 14-inch flat-bottomed wok with lid

Instructions

1

Instruction 1

Oil bottom and side of a 9-inch round cake pan.
2

Instruction 2

Peel daikon, then shred in a food processor fitted with medium shredding disk. Reserve any liquid.
3

Instruction 3

Heat wok over high heat until a drop of water evaporates instantly. Pour 3 tablespoons oil down side of wok, then tilt wok to swirl, coating side. When oil begins to smoke, add daikon with any liquid, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and stir-fry 3 minutes. Cover and cook over moderately low heat, stirring and breaking up daikon occasionally, until daikon is very tender, about 15 minutes.
4

Instruction 4

Whisk together rice flour and water in a large bowl until smooth, then stir in daikon (mixture will be lumpy) and pour into cake pan.
5

Instruction 5

Set a steamer rack inside cleaned wok and fill wok with water (not above steamer rack), then bring to a boil. Reduce heat to moderate and steam cake in pan on rack, covered, 1 hour (replenish water as necessary). Wearing oven mitts, transfer pan to a cooling rack and cool about 1 1/2 hours. Wrap pan tightly with plastic wrap and chill at least 8 hours.
6

Instruction 6

Run a knife along edge of cake to loosen, then invert onto a cutting board, rapping on bottom of pan until cake is released. Blot with paper towels. Cut cake into 1/2-inch cubes.
7

Instruction 7

Beat together eggs, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a bowl.
8

Instruction 8

Heat dried wok over high heat until a drop of water evaporates instantly. Pour remaining 4 tablespoons oil down side of wok, then tilt wok to swirl, coating side. When oil begins to smoke, add cake cubes, garlic, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and stir-fry, letting cake rest on bottom and sides of wok about 10 seconds between stirs, until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. (Cubes will soften and may stick to wok. Scrape brown bits from bottom of wok and continue stir-frying.) Add eggs to wok and stir-fry until eggs are just set, about 1 minute. Stir in ketjap manis, sambal oelek, and scallions, then transfer to a serving dish and scatter cilantro on top. Serve with additional sambal oelek.
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