Steamed Vegan Rice Cakes

Easy recipe for steamed rice cake, a spongy, sweet, and gorgeous-looking vegan dessert. It costs next to nothing to make and fun too

 

MAKES 12 SERVINGS

Equipment needed: mixing bowl, whisk, cake moulds, steamer, saucepan

Total Time: 2 hours 15 minutes

 

Ingredients: 

  • 4 cups rice flour
  • 2 cups lukewarm water
  • 1 (14 ounce) can coconut milk
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 4 teaspoons tapioca starch
  • 1½ teaspoons active dry yeast
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons oil, or as needed

 

Method: 

  1. Whisk rice flour, water, coconut milk, sugar, tapioca starch, yeast, vanilla extract, and salt together in a bowl until smooth. Cover with a lid. Let batter rest until air bubbles rise to the surface, about 2 hours. Stir well.
  2. Grease cake molds with oil. Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Place cake molds on top and pour batter into each, leaving 1 3/4 inches of space at the top for rising. Bring water to a boil. Cover and steam until a toothpick inserted into a cake comes out clean, about 10 minutes.