Raw material formula

Take making 100 plum blossom cakes as an example: 4 kilograms of fine white flour, 3.5 kilograms of bean paste, 150 grams of white sugar, 500 grams of sugared pork suet, red and green 75 grams of silk, 15 grams of edible alkali, and 25 grams of soybean oil.

Preparation method

1. Put 2 kilograms of flour into a bucket, add an equal amount of warm water, stir evenly with a long-handled iron spoon, let it stand for 5-6 hours, and then add 2 Kilogram flour and 3 kilograms of warm water, stir vigorously until the batter is even. Dissolve the alkali, pour it into a bucket, mix well, and pour it into a copper kettle for later use. Pour the soybean oil into a container and add 50 grams of water to make it into water and oil.

Plum Blossom Cake

2. Place the mold and the iron cover on the stove and scald over medium heat. Use a brush dipped in water and oil to smear the holes of the mold. Take a copper pot and pour the batter in sequence. Mold hole (fill only half of the hole), then lift the mold and slowly rotate it to make the batter evenly adhere to the walls of the hole, then place it on the stove, insert the bamboo piece into the hole and scrape the batter towards the four walls of the hole. Then add 35 grams of bean paste and 5 grams of sugared pork suet into each hole, then take 15 grams of white sugar and sprinkle it evenly into each hole. Then fill the holes with batter, sprinkle with about 15 grams of red and green silk, and add Cook with the lid on for 2 minutes, then open the lid and sprinkle 15 grams of white sugar evenly, cover with the iron lid and cook for another 3 minutes until cooked. Open the lid and use a shovel to separate the plum blossom cake from the mold, lift it up and serve it on a plate.