Steam Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Sour Cream Chocolate Ganache

School term is almost coming to an end and school will be out in a week's time. I believe there are several parents out there whom already made plans for their kids to join some June Holiday activities in near by community center or school camping, make up lessons and even a short trip away from home. I just hope I can sign my kids up for some interesting lessons at the near by CC before it slips my mind again. Dealing with the new house has taken up the better part of me. Every evening I am always dog tired after all that unpacking and find myself dozing off by 10.30pm. Regardless how crazy busy it's been that day, I still find it such a stress release to be able to bake a cake for the family. So I hope I can plan out some kids friendly recipe and do some baking with my girls. They always enjoy some fun in the kitchen with me. And eating the baked goodies will be even more enjoyable, since it's all made with love. ;) Last Saturday I managed to do some stress release myself by baking a yummy chocolate cake; Steam Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Sour Cream Ganache.

I was motivated to bake this chocolate cake partly because my niece has been requesting for something chocolaty for the past weeks. I held back because my daughter was having a stubborn cough. When she had fully recovered, I got to work! I used the all "renounced" steam moist chocolate cake that most of the food bloggers had tried.

I got the recipe from Baking Mum, but I made slight modifications to it. Furthermore, I also did not use her chocolate ganache recipe. Hence I will place my recipe here for my reference in the future:

Ingredients for Steam Moist Chocolate Cake: (makes a 9" or 10" round)
350g butter, room temperature
220g caster sugar
1 can (400ml) evaporated milk
4 eggs, lightly beaten
220g all purpose flour
140g cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla extract

Cream Cheese Sour Cream Chocolate Ganache:
200g cream cheese, room temperature
150g butter, room temperature
150ml sour cream
200g confectioner's sugar (more or less up to your taste)
100g cocoa powder 1 tsp vanilla extract
Milk chocolate chunks, chocolate Roche for deco

Method:

• To make the cake, combine the sugar, evaporated milk and butter in a neat proof saucepan. Heat it over medium fire until butter has melted and it is well combined. Set aside to cool before use.
• In another mixing bowl, add the beaten eggs with the vanilla extract together. Then slowly stir in the cooled sugar mixture and combine everything together.
• Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda into the egg mixture. Stir well and the batter should be runny.
• At the meantime, prepare a steamer with some boiling water. Grease a 9" baking pan, grease it and line with parchment paper.
• Pour batter into the prepared tin and steam at medium high heat for 1hr to 1hr15mins or till the tester comes out clean.
• Remove from steamer and let cool on rack completely before removing from the pan.
  
• To make the ganache, cream together the butter, sugar and cream cheese till fluffy. Add sour cream and vanilla extract and stir well to combine.
  
• Lastly sift in the cocoa powder and make sure there is no lumps. Chill this ganache till it is ready for use, about 1hr.

• Slice the cake horizontally across to get 2 round disc. Place about 1/3 of the ganache on the first slice and scatter some milk chocolate chunks over it.
• Place the 2nd cake disc over and frost the ganache all over. Decorate as desired and chill well before serving.

Overall the cake was satisfactory, but I will have to remember that this cake batter has to be runny! Else it won't be as moist as what everyone is raving about.:P Luckily the cream cheese sour cream ganache was good and help made the cake yummy. But the dense chocolaty taste was really satisfying, can cure any chocoholic urge! Hope my nieces and my girls enjoyed it. Try this out and let me know how this delicious chocolate cake works for you. Cheers all!