cut cake
By SunnyLynch
Cut cake is a famous snack in Beijing. Cakes made from glutinous rice or yellow rice flour are mostly cut and sold with red dates or bean paste, hence the name.
Recipe Recommendations
- glutinous rice appropriate amount
- red dates appropriate amount
- sweetening
- steamed
- several hours
- ordinary
Steps for cut cake
1
Ingredients: glutinous rice (called glutinous rice in the north), red dates.
2
Wash glutinous rice and red dates clean and soak for more than 4 hours.
3
The glutinous rice is dried and put into the pot, and the red dates are steamed at the same time.
4
Steam for about 10-12 minutes, open the cover, pour boiling water, and stir while pouring the boiling water to fully absorb the water; when the glutinous rice is completely stirred into a porridge shape, cover and continue steaming for 15 minutes.
5
Take out the glutinous rice and red dates, dip the glutinous rice in water and knead it evenly, and use a shovel to form layers of equivalent thickness.
6
Spread a layer of red dates evenly.
7
It reaches three layers of rice and two layers of dates, with clear layers and separated rice and dates. (The more layers, the more beautiful)
8
Heavy objects are pressed on it, and the glutinous rice is pressed into solid porcelain.
9
After the cut cake has cooled, turn it upside down.
10
Use a knife to cut from top to bottom, place on a plate and sprinkle with white sugar. (If you put water on the knife, it will not stick easily)