1. After the water chestnut powder is dissolved in some milk, add sugar and vanilla powder to the remaining milk and put it in a pot to boil.

2. Pour the boiled milk into the dissolved horseshoe powder, stir it until it is thick, put it on a plate and steam it to make a light-colored water chestnut cake.

3. Add white sugar and cocoa powder to the water to boil, pour into the dissolved horseshoe powder, stir until it is thick, put it on a plate and steam it to make dark water chestnut cake.

water chestnut cake with two colors can be made into various shapes.

Pantang water chestnut cake: water chestnut cake is made by grinding water chestnut into pulp or steaming dried water chestnut powder with sugar. Water chestnut cake steamed with horseshoe powder produced in Pantang is the best in history. Its color is beautiful, crystal clear, transparent, smooth and sweet, and it is one of the favorite breakfasts in Guangzhou. When it is made, firstly filter (horseshoe) powder slurry, boil sugar water, and then pour the boiling sugar water into the powder slurry and stir it until it is steamed, thus becoming the famous Pantang water chestnut cake. It is crystal clear and transparent, the entrance is sweet and smooth, and it has some scent of horseshoe. People taste one or two pieces of water chestnut cake after drinking tea and eating, which really has a fresh taste. Water chestnut cake varieties include transparent water chestnut cake, raw mill water chestnut cake, fried water chestnut cake, Yuanyang water chestnut cake and tricolor water chestnut cake.