Why are steamed cakes hard?
It may be that the flour is put too much, which greatly increases the volume during fermentation, but the steamed tissue has poor water retention and hard taste, which is more like muffins.
If the cake is eaten the next day, it should be steamed again to avoid being too hard. Hair cake is also a special food, which is very popular in Huizhou, but it is not listed at ordinary times, so it is not common at ordinary times.
How to steam the cake is not difficult.
1. On the premise of not adding chemical leavening agent, the first point of steaming soft hair cakes is the proportion and selection of raw materials.
2. The fermentation of the batter is the second point, because the batter of the cake itself is not easy to ferment, so add more baking powder (yeast).
3, the degree of fermentation is the third thing to pay attention to, the volume after fermentation must be more than twice, and there is enough gas in the dough to make a finished product.
Method for making soft hair cake
Jujube and egg cake
Ingredients: wheat flour150g, 2 eggs, dried dates 10.
Accessories: yeast powder1.5g.
Seasoning: 70g water, 30g sugar.
working methods
1. Beat the egg into the pot, directly add water, yeast powder and white sugar, and stir with the egg for about 3 minutes (if you are patient, you can also add the same, first add white sugar, then add water with yeast powder dissolved, and stir evenly).
2. Add flour and mix well.
3. Add 1/3 jujube meat and mix well.
4. Put it in a high-temperature bowl.
5. Cover with plastic wrap and ferment at 30 degrees for 50 minutes.
6. When fermenting to the height of 1 time, sprinkle the remaining 2/3 red dates.
7, into the steamer, steam for 40 minutes, do not open the lid.
8. After steaming, you can cook for 5 minutes. If the steaming time is not enough, it is easy to get sticky, and the steamed hair cake is slightly raised in the middle. If it is concave, it is over-fermented, which may be a little sour, but it can also be eaten.
Cooking tips
1, more or less flour is ok, not too thin;
2, red dates can also be put more according to their own preferences;
3, sugar can be more or less according to your own preferences, considering that red dates are also slightly sweet.