Cake is the simplest Chinese dessert. It's easy to make. It can be divided into two kinds. One is steamed with sticky batter after fermentation. It tastes fluffy. It's a bit like soft white steamed bread with sugar. The other is the two-color hair cake I made today. It's steamed with a simple dough. It will have a little more delicate texture, strong sense of existence and more chewing.
Step1:Let's make purple sweet potato and pumpkin puree first. Cut the pumpkin and purple sweet potato into pieces, wrap the plastic wrap and put them in the steamer to steam. The purpose of wrapping plastic wrap is to avoid water entering when steaming.
Step2:Put the steamed purple sweet potato and pumpkin into the blender respectively. Add the milk and stir until they are smooth. The amount of milk I use is just a general reference. Because the water content of the purple potato and pumpkin I bought is different. I also need to add it according to the actual situation. It can be smooth and muddy.
Step3:After the mashed purple potatoes and pumpkin are cooled, add flour and yeast respectively and stir them into floccules, and then knead them into a smooth and non sticky dough. Because the water absorption of dough is different. When kneading, you can add water in small amount and many times.
Step4:Take a 6-inch cake mold. Brush a layer of melted butter around the mold to prevent sticking. If there is no cake mold, you can also use a heat-resistant fresh-keeping box or other containers.
Step5:Put the dough in the mold. Wrap the plastic wrap. Put it in a warm place and ferment it to twice the size.
Step6:Add raisins or medlar to the surface.
Step7:Wrap the plastic wrap in the water and put it into the steamer. Steam for half an hour. Don't open the lid immediately after steaming. Turn off the heat and keep simmering for 5 minutes.
Step8:Take it out after 5 minutes to cool and demould. It can prevent the pastry from shrinking and affecting the appearance and taste.
Step9:Cut the two kinds of cake into six equal parts of the same size.
Step10:It is a beautiful two-color hair cake when you put the colors together.
Cooking tips:There are skills in making delicious dishes.