Date flower cake
All-purpose flour 1000g | Warm water Appropriate amount |
Yeast 3g | Jujube A little |
Step 1
Dissolve yeast in warm waterStep 2
Add the yeast water to about 700g of flour, then add an appropriate amount of water, and knead into a thin dough as shown (add more later)Flour, make the dough firmer, it will taste better)Step 3
Put a bowl of hot water in the oven, set the fermentation function to 30 degrees, and ferment the dough until it doubles in size.Step 4
Take out the dough, add the remaining 300g of flour and knead it into a non-stick dough. Take a piece of dough and roll it into a pancake with a diameter of about 25cm and a thickness of about 1.5cm (the diameter of the steamer at home is 28cm, so leave room for the dough to rise)Step 5
Take a piece of dough as big as a duck egg, roll it into strips, and use chopsticks to make a mark in the middle (because we need to take pictures, we only let our old lady make the flower cake)Step 6
Fold it in half according to the indentation, pinch it, and gently stretch the surface to both ends.Step 7
Turn the two ends backwards to form an S shapeStep 8
Use chopsticks to hold the middle of SStep 9
flower-likeStep 10
Place on the outer edge of the dough (as shown in the picture)Step 11
Use the same technique, place it in a circle, and insert a red date in the middle of eachStep 12
The middle one is slightly largerStep 13
Add hot water to the steamer, cover it with a moist drawer cloth, put the jujube cake into the pot, cover it and let it rise for more than half an hour.Step 14
After the jujube cake has risen, turn on medium heat for 5 minutes and then change to high heat. After boiling the pot, change to medium heat again and steam for 35 minutes (the rise is so gratifying that the face of the jujube cake is squeezed by the lid of the pot) ,Ha ha)Step 15
Take it out immediately after turning off the heat and remove the drawer cloth Jujube cake cooking tipsThe dough should be fermented in a warm place, but not in the sun, until it forms a honeycomb shape in the middle.