Water Chestnut Cake
A golden, smooth steamed cake made by combining water chestnut flour batter with caramelized sugar syrup and folding in diced water chestnut, then steamed until set.
Ingredients
Premium water chestnut starch
500 g
Granulated sugar (fried until golden then dissolved in water)
750 g
Water chestnut meat (diced)
250 g
Water
3000 g
Salad oil
50 g
Instructions
1
Step 1
Mix the water chestnut starch with water, stirring until no lumps remain, to form a raw starch slurry.
2
Step 2
Dice the water chestnut meat, add to the raw starch slurry, and mix well.
3
Step 3
Fry the sugar until golden, then add water.
4
Step 4
Boil until completely dissolved to make a sugar syrup.
5
Step 5
Pour the hot sugar syrup into the raw starch slurry, stir well to form the water chestnut batter.
6
Step 6
Brush oil over a square pan.
7
Step 7
Pour in the water chestnut batter and smooth the surface.
8
Step 8
Steam over high heat for about 40 minutes, let cool, then cut into pieces to serve.
