Water Chestnut Cake
A layered steamed cake made with water chestnut flour, coconut milk, and brown and white sugars.
Story
This cake features alternating translucent layers of brown sugar and creamy coconut milk, creating a beautiful striped pattern. Steamed until set and chilled for the best texture, it offers a refreshing, slightly chewy bite with a delicate coconut aroma.
Ingredients
Water chestnut flour
Coconut milk
White sugar
Brown sugar
Instructions
1
Step 1
Ingredients: Water chestnut powder, coconut milk, brown sugar, white sugar
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Step 2
Divide the water chestnut powder and pour into two separate plates
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Step 3
Dissolve the brown sugar in boiling water, stir into brown sugar syrup; pour the coconut milk and white sugar into the other plate with the water chestnut powder, add boiling water and stir into coconut milk syrup
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Step 4
Add the brown sugar water and coconut milk syrup to the two plates of water chestnut powder respectively, stir and set aside
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Step 5
First put the brown sugar syrup into the pot, spread a thin layer, and steam until translucent
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Step 6
Then add a layer of coconut milk syrup
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Step 7
Repeat the layering and steaming in sequence; each layer will be cooked after steaming for a few minutes
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Step 8
Cook through, then remove from the pot
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Step 9
Separately steam one pure brown sugar syrup layer and one coconut milk syrup layer
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Step 10
Plate
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Step 11
It tastes better if put in the refrigerator
