How to make cornmeal cake

It is also quite common to use cornmeal to make steamed cakes. Steamed cakes taste particularly sweet and have very good nutritional value. It is a very good coarse grain food. The method of making cornmeal steamed cakes is also relatively simple. First, the cornmeal must be fermented and an appropriate amount of white sugar must be added to achieve a good taste. The cornmeal should be as thin as possible when kneading the dough, which will help fermentation. The steamed cakes made after fermentation will also be softer and more glutinous.

Method 1: 1. Put cornmeal into a bowl, add yeast and appropriate amount of warm water, mix evenly, and let it stand to ferment. 2. After the dough has fermented, add sugar and baking soda, knead evenly, and simmer for a while. 3. Cover the steamer with a wet cloth, pour the sugared cornmeal into the steamer, spread it flat, and steam it over high heat for about 15 minutes. 4. Place the steamed cake on a chopping board, let it cool, and cut into pieces about 6 cm square. It is ready to eat.

Method 2 1. Add the lukewarm milk to the yeast, let it stand for 3 minutes and stir evenly; 2. Add the yeast solution to the cornmeal and mix evenly; 3. Add fine sugar to the flour; 4. Pour the cornmeal solution into the flour; 5. Knead the flour into a ball and slightly round it; 6. Put the square mold into the steamer, put a layer of moist gauze on it, put the dough in, and let it ferment in a warm place; 7. When the dough is fermented to twice its size, sprinkle the softened raisins on the surface; 8. Boil water in a pot, put the steamer in after the water boils, and steam over high heat for about 30 minutes.

Production tips: 1. Dissolve the yeast powder with milk in advance so that the yeast and flour can be fully in contact when used as yeast solution; 2. Ordinary flour can be used for this steamed cake, and there is no need to use low flour like making cakes; 3. Adding a little granulated sugar to the flour not only makes the taste better, but also helps fermentation; 4. Since only yeast is used, the steamed cake has a solid taste. If you want it to be soft, you can add an appropriate amount of baking powder at the same time.

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