What is a spicy cake? The English name is Cantonese sponge cake, which is a traditional Cantonese-style teahouse snack, while Hong Kong-style spicy cake is also called ancient spicy cake. Spicy cake is one of the common snacks in Guangdong teahouses. One of its characteristics is that the pores have three layers, the top layer is straight and the lower layer is horizontal. This is a kind of cake. Authentic spicy cake is made of flour, eggs, lard and butter by mixed fermentation for three days, and finally steamed in a steamer.
Mala cakes in teahouses are usually made into a big round shape and cut into small pieces for sale. Mala cake is golden yellow, very fluffy and soft when eaten fresh, with a slight fragrance. If fermented enough, the color of mala cake will turn dark brown. There is also a simple method of making Mala cake, which uses brown sugar and does not need fermentation, but the softness will be slightly lower.
Mala cake is soft, as soft as a sponge, with the smell of omelet. Similar to muffins, but softer than muffins. At present, the popular method of making simple spicy cake on the Internet is to improve the cake with yellow sugar and alkaline water, which saves lard and fermentation process. Although it saves time, it is not as soft as a real mala cake, and it feels like the difference between an artificial sponge and a real sponge.
Because of the shape of the steamer, will there be steamed bread or steamed cakes? Sweating like rain? Phenomenon, will wet the surface of the bag or cake, so that the taste is greatly reduced. Therefore, the bottom of the steamed spicy cake can be cut into more than a dozen pieces, while most people like to eat the spicy cakes around, and the middle pieces are ignored.
trait
Spicy cakes can be compared with cakes, but the cost is lower than cakes.
The decisive factor is mainly baking powder. If the amount of baking powder is not appropriate, the spicy cake will not steam well. Secondly, when steaming the cake, you should be stingy first, then atmospheric. Never steam it with strong fire at the beginning, otherwise the cake will not be done well.
Beautiful color, soft and sweet.
Mala cake is reddish brown, because brown sugar and flour are added when making it. The taste is soft and smooth. Muffins are white, usually used in festive occasions, using sticky rice flour and glutinous rice flour. The taste is loose, and if it is not done well, it will feel like eating powder.
Therapeutic effect: Spicy cake has the effects of nourishing brain and heart, nourishing liver, clearing away heat and quenching thirst.
food culture
Spicy cake was originally a favorite food of Malays in Singapore. Malay cake? Later, it was introduced to Hong Kong and Guangdong, and was called "? Mara cake? . In fact, the shape of spicy cake is very common, which is not much different from ordinary cakes on the market, but its making method and texture are worth learning. Because it is a fermented flour product, it has the characteristics of soft and smooth taste.