How to make steamed cake and its recipe

Steamed cake is a staple food that northerners prefer. The main ingredients of steamed cake are white flour and corn flour. In addition, you need to prepare an appropriate amount of white sugar to make it. First, you need to ferment it. During the fermentation process, you need to pay attention to the control of water. The water cannot be too much or too little. After fermentation, you can start steaming it. In this way, you can steam out delicious steamed cake. Let's learn about the method and recipe of steamed cake.

How to make steamed cake and its recipe

Ingredients: 500g self-raising flour; 200-250g brown sugar (or brown sugar); 500g water. Method: Pour the brown sugar into a container filled with water and stir it slightly. Heat the mixed liquid over liquefied gas over low heat to melt it. Continue to boil for 1-2 minutes after boiling. After the sugar water is cooked, turn off the heat and let it cool. (This step can also be done by directly adding hot water and brown sugar, stirring evenly until it melts, then letting it cool. (It is also okay to leave some granules in the brown sugar instead of melting it evenly. In this way, you can see pieces of sugar color on the surface of the steamed cake, which is also delicious and beautiful.)) Add the cooled sugar water to the flour in batches, stirring with chopsticks while adding. The stirring action can be random, and add until the batter can flow. The consistency is probably thicker than the rice paste for children. Stir until the batter is strong and can be scooped up with chopsticks. That is, the batter will fall freely and slowly when picked up with chopsticks. The stirring process took about ten minutes. If you are tired, you can stir for a while and take a break before continuing. It is said that the more times you stir it, the bigger and more beautiful the flowers will be. (The amount of liquid for making steamed cakes should not be too large. If it is too thin, it will also affect the blooming.) Put the mixed batter aside and let it stand for about 40 minutes (if you are not in a hurry, you can let it stand for more than an hour. In winter, the temperature is low, you can use warm water to let it stand; in summer, the temperature is high and the standing time needs to be shortened, otherwise it will over-ferment and have a wine smell.); then you can put water in the steamer and put the small bowl on the rack, cover the pot and boil it over high heat. After the water boils, stir the batter a few times with chopsticks, then scoop it into a small bowl in the steamer. The amount is based on your preference, 70% to 100% full is fine. After filling, cover the pot and steam over high heat. Start steaming for 35 to 40 minutes after the water boils.

Method 2

Ingredients: 150g flour, 1 egg, 25g brown sugar, 5g white sugar, 1.5g yeast, 1g baking powder, 110ml warm water, a little cooking oil

1. Weigh 150g of flour and add 1g of baking powder and mix well. Dissolve 1.5g of yeast powder in 50ml of warm water and let stand for 10 minutes. Pour 60ml of warm water into a bowl and add 5g of white sugar and 25g of brown sugar. Dissolve them and then beat in an egg and mix well (the temperature of the warm water for dissolving yeast powder should not be too high to avoid scalding the yeast. If you don’t have a measuring cup at home, you can use an electronic scale to weigh the water, 1g=1ml);

Ingredients

2. Pour the brown sugar water and yeast water into the flour and stir with a whisk until there are no obvious particles;

Batter

3. Brush a layer of cooking oil on the bottom and sides of the steamed cake container, pour in the prepared batter, pour enough water into the steamer, boil on medium heat for 2 minutes, then turn off the heat, put the steamed cake on the steamer, cover it with a lid and let it ferment until it doubles in size (heat the water in the steamer for 2 minutes first to use the hot steam to ferment faster);

Fermentation

4. Soak the red dates and raisins in warm water for ten minutes, then wash them. Cut the red dates in half with a knife and remove the core.

Red dates, raisins

5. Spread the red dates and raisins on the fermented batter, bring to a boil over high heat, steam for 20 minutes, turn off the heat, simmer for 3 minutes, remove from the pot, remove from the mold, cut into pieces and enjoy (I poured less batter so it was not so thick, and the steaming time was shorter. If you use a large container and the batter is thick, you need to adjust the steaming time to be longer).

Steamed Brown Sugar Cake

This brown sugar steamed cake is ready. It is soft and delicious, healthy and nutritious. I guarantee you will fall in love with it after eating it once! My mother-in-law and I both love to eat brown sugar steamed cake. We each have one every time. It is both a dessert and a staple food. It does not need to be fried or stir-fried, just steamed in a pot. It is healthy and nutritionally balanced. I hope you will like it too. Have you learned how to make this brown sugar steamed cake?