# Hokkaido cheese steamed cake

This is a recipe for Hokkaido cheese steamed cake, a popular Japanese dessert with a melt-in-your-mouth texture and real cheese flavor.

- Servings: 6 servings
- Total time: 13 min
- Cuisine: Japanese
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 36 g processed cheese
- 20 g cream cheese
- 60 ml whole milk
- 20 g vegetable oil
- 40 g sugar
- 40 g all-purpose flour
- 1 large egg

## Instructions

1. Preheat the oven for 170°C (338°F).
2. Put cream cheese, processed cheese, milk and vegetable oil in a pan.
3. Whisk until the cheese melts on low heat.
4. Separate the egg yolk and egg white into two different bowls.
5. Add 1/3 of the sugar to the egg yolk and whisk until frothy and pale in color.
6. Add the warm cheese mixture in three stages to the egg yolk, mixing well each time.
7. Set the egg yolk mixture aside until the meringue is ready.
8. Start whisking the egg white on low speed.
9. When it starts forming, add the rest of the sugar in two stages.
10. Continue whisking until the meringue looks like a soft whipping cream.
11. Gently fold the meringue into the egg yolk mixture.
12. Divide the batter into six equal portions in parchment-lined muffin tins.
13. Stick a chopstick in the muffin tin and draw a circle to remove air bubbles inside.
14. Set the muffin tin on a baking tray in the middle rack of the preheated oven.
15. Pour hot water onto the baking tray, after it's set in the oven.
16. Cook in the oven for 12 to 13 minutes.
17. Take the cakes out from the oven and cool them on a wire rack.
18. Press the cakes on a frying pan to give them a nice brown color on the surface like the real product.

## Equipment

- pan
- whisk
- bowl
- hand mixer
- spatula
- bamboo steamer
- muffin tin
- baking tray
- chopstick
- wire rack
- frying pan

## Tips

- The meringue should not be stiff, but like a soft whipping cream.
- It is much safer to deal with the hot water for baking after placing the tray in the oven.

## Source

- Original video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sNvE6FtNZXY
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/4b8def11-0aec-4c07-bdb4-1a480e1fa43d
- Extracted: 2025-07-17

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