Black Rice Cake
After buying black rice cake at the supermarket and enjoying it, I tweaked the recipe multiple times to get the taste just right.
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This steamed cake combines black rice flour, cake flour, and glutinous rice flour for a soft, chewy texture. It is steamed until fluffy and then cut into pieces to serve.
Ingredients
Black rice flour
100g
Cake flour
100g
Glutinous rice flour
50g
Eggs
4
Salad oil
70g
Sugar
80g
Baking powder
3g
Instructions
1
Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
2
Step 2
Add white sugar and salad oil to the eggs.
3
Step 3
Beat the eggs at high speed with an electric mixer for 2 minutes.
4
Step 4
Sift all the powders together and add to the egg mixture.
5
Step 5
Mix well.
6
Step 6
Pour into the cake mold.
7
Step 7
Boil water, add the cake batter and steam on high heat for 10 minutes, then change to medium heat and steam for another 20 minutes; turn off the heat and let sit for 10 minutes before removing.
8
Step 8
Remove from the mold and cut into pieces to serve.
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Snow Pear and Water Chestnut Cake
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