PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide steamed cakes having a good puffed volume with a smooth texture which is soft and meltable in the mouth, by mixing a fat including triacylglycerol having medium chain fatty acids with a carbon number of 6 to 10 with the dough of steamed cakes.SOLUTION: The dough of steamed cakes includes 1 to 30 mass% of fat. The fat includes triacylglycerol having medium chain fatty acids with a carbon number of 6 to 10 as constituent fatty acids in an amount of 50 mass% or more of the fat.