Cute Egg Cake (雞蛋糕)

When I was taking my master in NTNU, our class field trip went to one of the famous night market in Tainan, Taiwan. My classmates and I enjoyed eating Ji Dan Gao (雞蛋糕), literally “egg cake”. Actually, it’s only a sponge cake with different shape and characters cook  in a cast iron. I bought my flower moulder, that’s the only one available. I thought of buying the circle moulder, if ever I want to make “takoyaki” (Japanese Squid Ball).

I didn’t make the batter myself, I used my left over ready made pancake mix. I would just like to find out if I could use the moulder. Next time, I’ll use the Taiwanese Recipe using Ji Dan Gao. Here, sharing with you what I did!

Ingredients:
250 g pancake mix                  
1 egg
2 tablespoon oil
3/4 cup water
In a bowl, beat the egg slightly; add in oil, water, and pancake mix. Slightly stir until lumpy (do not overmix).
Heat the moulder, brush some oil so the batter will not stick to it.

Pour the batter into the mould about hall full. When bubbles seen on top of the batter, dig it out carefully and turn the cake upside down to cook the other side. When the cake is brown, remove immediately to avoid burning.

Here’s the result, it’s difficult in the beginnning but at the end I did it!

You can roll the cake in powder sugar or put some syrup.

( photo taken in Tainan Night Market)