Water Chestnut Cake

Name: Water Chestnut Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 300 g water chestnuts (peeled, washed and sliced); 100 g water chestnut starch; 30 g wheat starch; 30 g egg yolk powder; 150 ml water (for ingredient B); 200 g fine granulated sugar; 800 ml water (for ingredient C); 20 g butter

A refreshing cake made primarily from water chestnuts and water chestnut starch.

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Ingredients

water chestnuts (peeled, washed and sliced) 300 g

water chestnut starch 100 g

wheat starch 30 g

egg yolk powder 30 g

water (for ingredient B) 150 ml

fine granulated sugar 200 g

water (for ingredient C) 800 ml

butter 20 g

Instructions

Step 1

Wash the water chestnuts and slice them.

Step 2

Bring a pot of water to a boil, blanch the water chestnut slices briefly, then drain and set aside.

Step 3

Combine the water from ingredient C and the sugar in a pot and bring to a boil. Add the butter and cook until melted, then stir in the water chestnuts from Step 2 until evenly mixed.

Step 4

Stir ingredient B together until smooth to form a batter slurry.

Step 5

Slowly pour the slurry from Step 4 into the mixture in Step 3. Reduce the heat to low and stir constantly as you add the slurry until the mixture thickens into a water chestnut paste.

Step 6

Take a square pan, brush it with a thin layer of oil, pour in the water chestnut paste from Step 5, and smooth the surface.

Step 7

Place the pan from Step 6 into a steamer.

Step 8

Bring the steamer water to a boil and steam over high heat for 20 to 30 minutes until cooked through. Remove, let cool, then cut into small cubes to serve.