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Preparation
10 minutes
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Cooking
40 minutes
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Difficulty
Medium
One of the cake dishes that is both delicious and makes an impression right from the start with its distinctive beauty is the steamed rose cake. The cake has a soft chewy outer layer with a delicious savory filling inside that makes it hard to resist from the very first bite. Let’s get cooking with TasteVN to make this cake right away.
Ingredients for Rose Cake For 8 cakes
Rice flour 120 gr Glutinous rice flour 50 gr Tapioca starch 10 gr Shrimp 100 gr Pork paste 100 gr Carrot 2 pieces Dried wood ear mushrooms 4 pieces Shallots 2 pieces Cooking oil a little Common seasoning a little ( salt / monosodium glutamate / ground pepper) Banana leaves 1 piece
Required Tools
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh shrimp
- Choose fresh shrimp that have a transparent shell and a slight smell of seawater, not fishy.
- Fresh shrimp usually have their tails curled together, while shrimp that have been injected with chemicals or water will look plump and have spread tails.
- Avoid buying shrimp whose legs are not tightly attached to the body or whose legs have turned black, as these are not fresh shrimp.
How to choose fresh and delicious carrots
- Choose carrots that are bright orange in color, of moderate size, not too large or too small, and feel firm when held.
- Prefer carrots with green, fresh tops that are tightly attached to the root. These are freshly harvested carrots that will have a better flavor.
- Do not buy carrots that feel slightly soft when pressed, are wilted, or have bruises on the skin.
- Carrots with tops still attached and a little dirt on them are Vietnamese carrots, while those without tops and elongated bodies may be Chinese carrots, so you need to consider this.
How to make Rose Cake
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Make the filling
Soak the wood ear mushrooms in cold water until soft. Then use a knife to cut off the stems and rinse them with water, then finely chop the mushrooms.
Wash the carrot, peel it, and cut one carrot into small pieces; similarly, chop the carrot using a knife.
Shrimp should be washed, peeled, and then the shrimp’s intestinal vein should be removed before placing it in a mortar.
Use a pestle to pound the shrimp together with 2 shallots, 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, and a little ground pepper.
Next, add 100g of minced pork to the mortar, and use the pestle to pound and mix it into the mortar to help the mixture become more pliable.
Then add the finely chopped wood ear mushrooms and carrots into the mortar, and use the pestle to mix evenly to form a smooth and pliable filling.
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Making the cake skin
Mix 60g of rice flour and 5g of tapioca flour into a pan or pot, then stir well until the mixture is uniform. Next, add about 3 – 4 tablespoons of clean water into the pan and use a spoon to stir well to create a thick, slightly viscous flour mixture.
Then add 2 teaspoons of cooking oil to the flour mixture and place the pan on the stove. Stir the flour mixture over medium heat for about 5 – 7 minutes until the flour is just cooked.
At this point, put 25g of glutinous rice flour on a plate, then pour the hot rice flour mixture onto it, coat it with the glutinous rice flour, and knead the dough until it forms a smooth, pliable mass.
Next, take 1 remaining carrot and extract the carrot juice, then continue to mix 60g of rice flour and 5g of tapioca flour, adding 20ml of carrot juice to the pan and stirring well to create an orange rice flour mixture.
Then you also cook and coat the glutinous rice flour with the orange rice flour mixture just like you did with the initial rice flour mixture.
Tip for you:- You can also create more eye-catching colors by using the colors of various vegetables, blending them to extract juice and following the above steps to make beautifully colored cakes.
- The colors made from vegetables will not be heat-resistant, so they will change significantly when cooked at high temperatures. If you want a prettier color, you can also use food coloring.
See details: How to make simple, safe food coloring using natural ingredients
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Wrap the filling and shape the rose
Divide each portion of dough into balls about the size of a lemon. Then use your hands to shape the dough into a round form, making sure the edges are thin and slightly concave in the center.
Next, scoop a little filling and place it into the dough, then pinch the edges together and roll it into a ball. After that, use a cake shaping tool or two small forks to create four symmetrical petals on the first layer.
For the second layer, do the same but reduce the number of petals and alternate them with the first layer. Similarly, for the third layer, alternate the petals to create a rose shape with many beautiful petals.
With the yellow dough, shape it similarly to the white dough. For the dough that hasn’t been shaped, cover it with plastic wrap to prevent it from drying out.
After shaping, use a piece of banana leaf that has been cut, brush a little cooking oil on it, and place the cake on top.
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Steam the cake
Put a pot of water on the stove, when the water in the pot boils vigorously, arrange the cakes in the steamer so that there is space between them to prevent the cakes from sticking together when they rise.
Then place the steamer on the pot, cover it, and reduce the heat to medium for the water to simmer gently. Steam the cakes for 7 – 10 minutes. At this point, the cakes will rise, the outer layer will be shiny and incredibly beautiful.
Turn off the heat and take the cakes out to cool, and you have completed the super beautiful and delicious rose bao cake.
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Finished product
The steamed rose cake is chewy, and biting into it reveals the hot, fragrant, and sweet filling. Not only is it delicious and simple, but it can also impress anyone at first sight due to its incredibly beautiful shape.
You can enjoy this cake with sweet and sour chili dipping sauce, and sprinkle some fried shallots on top for an irresistible taste!
How to preserve steamed rose cake
- Let the cake cool completely, place it in a box or a sealed bag, and store it in the refrigerator refrigerator for 1 – 2 days.
- When eating, you can steam it again or heat it in the microwave for about 1 minute (depending on the microwave power and the size of the cake) or steam it again in a steamer for 5 minutes to make the cake hot and soft.
Steamed rose cake is both delicious and beautiful like this, surely your mother will be very happy to receive the special “gift” that you have prepared! The method is not too difficult, so you can easily do it right at home. Wishing you success with this recipe!
