{"id":4145,"date":"2013-08-13T04:31:07","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T04:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=4145"},"modified":"2013-08-11T04:33:57","modified_gmt":"2013-08-11T04:33:57","slug":"steamed-egg-cupcakes-minions-ladybirds-bees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=4145","title":{"rendered":"Steamed egg cupcakes [Minions, Ladybirds, Bees]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I came across a interesting video by Angela Chia on Facebook and decided to give her recipe a try&#8230; Oh&#8230; the results&#8230;. Super cute cupcakes!! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/WP_20130810_002-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/WP_20130810_002-1.jpg\" alt=\"WP_20130810_002 (1)\" width=\"350\" height=\"307\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/WP_20130810_002-1.jpg 350w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/WP_20130810_002-1-300x263.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n(Makes 12 cupcakes)<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<br \/>\n180g plain flour<br \/>\n180g fine sugar<br \/>\n6 eggs (room temperature)<br \/>\nbrown coloring (I can&#8217;t find brown colouring, so I mixed my own)<br \/>\nred coloring<br \/>\nyellow colouring<\/p>\n<p>Tools:<br \/>\n&#8211; 2 piping bags ( purchased disposable one from daiso)<br \/>\n&#8211; Pot with steamer ( using my Happycall big pot)<br \/>\n&#8211; Cupcake pan ( used disposable aluminum ones as it fits my steamer nicely! If not, you can use ramekins instead)<br \/>\n&#8211; Cloth , optional (to wrap the pot&#8217;s lid, so the water don&#8217;t drip onto the cupcake and ruin the designs)<br \/>\n&#8211; Ice-cream scoop to scoop batter into muffin liners<\/p>\n<p>Directions:<br \/>\n1) Beat eggs n sugar till light and fluffy.<\/p>\n<p>2 Gradually add in the sifted flour.<\/p>\n<p>3) Scoop 1 tbs of the batter into a piping bag. Snip a small hole and set aside.<\/p>\n<p>4) Scoop 7 tbs of batter into another piping bag. Add brown colouring and mix well<\/p>\n<p>5) Divide the remaining batter into 2 equal bowls. <\/p>\n<p>6) Add red coloring (for ladybug&#8217;s body) to one of the bowls, mix well. Scoop 1 teaspoon of red batter into a small bowl ( for the bee&#8217;s cheek) <\/p>\n<p>7) Add yellow colouring( for bee&#8217;s body) to the other bowl, mix well.<\/p>\n<p>8) Line paper cups in the muffin tray. <\/p>\n<p>For Ladybug:<br \/>\n9) Fill the cups 3\/4 full with the pink batter. <\/p>\n<p>10) Use the brown batter to draw a &#8216;T&#8217; , to divide lady bug&#8217;s body. <\/p>\n<p>11) Draw brown dots on bug&#8217;s body<\/p>\n<p>12) Fill upper part of bug with brown batter<\/p>\n<p>13) use white batter to make b\/g of bug&#8217;s eyes.<\/p>\n<p>14) Put brown dot to mark bug&#8217;s eyes *DONE!*<\/p>\n<p>For Bee:<br \/>\n15) Fill the cups 3\/4 full with the yellow batter. <\/p>\n<p>16) Use the brown batter to draw 2 lines for bee&#8217;s markings. <\/p>\n<p>17) Draw brown dots for bee&#8217;s eyes and mouth<\/p>\n<p>18) use 1 chopstick, dip into the small portion of red batter to make bee&#8217;s cheek. *DONE!*<\/p>\n<p>For Minions:<br \/>\n19) Fill the cups 3\/4 full with the yellow batter. <\/p>\n<p>20) Use the brown batter to draw outline of minion&#8217;s eyes. <\/p>\n<p>21) use white batter to make b\/g of minion&#8217;s eyes.<\/p>\n<p>22) Put brown dot to mark minons eyes <\/p>\n<p>23) Draw minion&#8217;s mouth with brown batter , if u still have any *DONE!*<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n24) Bring water to boil and lower cakes into pot or pan. Steam under medium heat for 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_90961.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_90961.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9096\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_90961.jpg 400w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_90961-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_90951.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_90951.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9095\" width=\"374\" height=\"390\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_90951.jpg 374w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_90951-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WARNING: Cupcakes do have a eggy taste\/smell. Reduce the no. of eggs if you prefer not to have the smell<\/p>\n<p>[UPDATE] My cupcakes did become a bit hard after it cooled down (still edible) &#8211; not sure if it&#8217;s me or is it the recipe \ud83d\ude41 Will steam it before eating<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I came across a interesting video by Angela Chia on Facebook and decided to give her recipe a try&#8230; Oh&#8230; the results&#8230;. Super cute cupcakes!! (Makes 12 cupcakes) Ingredients: 180g plain flour 180g fine sugar 6 eggs (room temperature) brown coloring (I can&#8217;t find brown colouring, so I mixed my own) red coloring yellow colouring &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=4145\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Steamed egg cupcakes [Minions, Ladybirds, Bees]&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4145"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4145"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4154,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4145\/revisions\/4154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}