Steamed Brownie Cake
Submitted by Bunster
A fudgy chocolate brownie cake steamed in a pot-within-a-pot using shelf-stable ingredients like dried eggs and buttermilk powder. Ideal for camping, off-grid baking, or when you don’t have an oven.
YIELD
4 servingsPREP
15 minCOOK
3 hrsREADY
3 hrsNo oven? No problem. This clever brownie cake steams inside a smaller pot nested in a larger one, making it a go-to dessert for camping trips, power outages, or any situation where you’ve got a fire but no kitchen.
The batter mixes up from pantry staples like flour, cocoa powder, dried eggs, and buttermilk powder, so everything packs flat in a zip-lock bag until you’re ready to bake. Add water, stir it smooth, and let it steam for a few hours until it puffs up fudgy and springy.
Cinnamon is optional but adds a warm, unexpected layer to the chocolate.
Pro Tips
- Pre-mix the dry ingredients at home and pack in a zip-lock bag for easy camp prep
- Cut the margarine into the dry mix before packing so it’s ready to go
- Keep the water at a gentle simmer, not a rolling boil, for even cooking
- The cake is done when it springs back to the touch and a toothpick comes out clean
- Grease the inner pot thoroughly so the cake releases without sticking
Ingredients
Directions
Needed: two nestled pots. The larger pot holds the water to steam the contents of the smaller pot inside. Both pots need lids or covers of heavy duty alumimum foil.
Mix the cake ingredients ahead of time cutting the margarine into the dry ingredients, and pack in a zip lock bag.
Use large enough bag that it can be used as the mixing container.
Grease the bottom and side of the smaller pot.
Add the water to the mix and beat by hand until smooth.
Stir in nuts.
Pour mixture into the prepared pot.
Cover the pot.
Put the smaller pot inside the larger one and pour hot water up the side about ⅔ or ¾ of the way up the side of the inside pot.
Put the lid on and set level on the edge of the fire so the water simmers and barely boils.
Cook for 2½ to 3 hours or until cakes spring back when touched and a long wooden tooth-pick inserted near the centers comes out clean.
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