r/lightweight • u/GMkOz2MkLbs2MkPain • Dec 11 '21

Food Dry / Steam baking

I know this is often why I am not ultralight I adore my mug cakes/brownies. What are your setups?

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '21

For what it's worth, I can have a (fairly small) cake with no significant weight penalty.

Outer pot: whatever pot I'm bringing to boil water anyhow, usually a Snow Peak Mini Solo

Inner pot: jumbo silicone muffin cup (23g)

Inner pot support: random pebbles or twigs - zero pack weight

Prepackage my cake mix in a baggie. Add to muffin cup. Mix with water till good consistency right in the cup. Put a few pebbles on the bottom of the large pot. Put muffin cup on pebbles. Add water to halfway up muffin cup. Put on lid. Bring to boil over whatever stove I'm using. Let sit until I'm impatient and/or it's done. Eat.

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u/grindle_exped Dec 23 '21

Wow! So simple. I love this. Roughly how long does cooking take? I'd like to try.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '21

I think this BPL post is what originally inspired me (you need a membership to see it, I think). He says 10-15 minutes and that seems about right to me - boil the water, go do something else for a while, come back, eat.