steamed cake

By MossieRosenbaum

steamed cake
Ingredients: eggs,sugar,water,yeast,ordinary flour

Recipe Recommendations

  • ordinary flour 1000 grams
  • eggs appropriate amount
  • yeast appropriate amount
  • sugar appropriate amount
  • water appropriate amount

Steps for steamed cake

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    1000 grams of flour, add a bag of yeast, add 2 eggs, add a few spoonfuls of sugar, and you can also add milk for a better taste.
  • Make  step 1
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    The steamed buns I steamed with "Yanshan Brand" yeast have no yeast flavor, only the fragrance of flour and eggs, which is very delicious.
  • Make  step 2
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    Be sure to use warm water to mix the dough to ferment faster.
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    Cover it with a plastic bag and place it in a warm place to ferment.
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    When the dough is ready to ferment, the dough becomes soft and fills the entire pot. Take it out and place it on the dough table and rub it hard.
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    Don't be afraid to put your effort into it. The criterion for kneading is that the holes in the dough become fewer and more uniform.
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    Fold the dough into a long strip.
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    Cut into pieces of similar size with a knife.
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    Kneaded each dough repeatedly hard. Experience tells me that the longer the kneading time, the more delicious the steamed cake.
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    Knead the dough into a ball, and process it as shown in the picture.
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    Place one hand on the left side upright, and pinch the face with the other hand into this shape
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    This is a good look
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    Gently bend the tail. This is called a "peach".
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    The shapes at both ends are the same, this one is called "Changsui".
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    Use your hand to pinch the dough into this shape
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    Hold both ends with your hands
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    This is what it looks like.
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    Make a mark in the middle and pick it with your little finger
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    Hehe, this is "Yuan Bao"
  • Make  step 19
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    Make another pattern below to make the surface into this shape
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    Use scissors to cut two thorns on the back
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    Use scissors in front of the big head and cut hard
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    It looks like this, like a big mouth
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    Then use scissors to poke out two small eyes. Do you look good? We call it the "Divine Chicken"
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    Finally, tell me the simplest pattern and knead the dough into a round shape
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    Press hard with your palm
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    Press it into a round pie shape
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    Use a knife to cut three cuts. This is called "bergamot"
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    I made two tricks in one pattern, and I made a total of 10 tricks
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    Cover it with a bundle and place it in a warm place for a while. Be careful not to get windy, so as not to dry out on the outside and make it look bad. This looks like it's ready, and it's much bigger than it was before.
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    Put the buns in a round steamer, hold exactly five of them in one layer, and open fire.
  • Make  step 31
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    It takes about 15 minutes to steam. This also depends on the size of the head. The larger ones take a little longer and the smaller ones take a little shorter. At about the same time, lift the lid and press gently with your fingers. If it can quickly return to its original state, it will be cooked.