Delicious Red Bean Cake Recipe: Easy to Make and Fluffy

How to make Red Bean Cake

• 1

  Boil the red beans

  Soak the red beans overnight until soft, then wash them clean.

  Place a pot on the stove, add the soaked red beans, and enough water to cover the beans. Cover tightly and bring the mixture to a boil over high heat.

  When the mixture boils, skim off any dirt and foam, reduce the heat to medium, add a little salt, and continue to cook for about 30 minutes.

  After 30 minutes, add 1/3 teaspoon of baking soda and continue to cook until the beans are very soft.

  When the beans are cooked, turn off the heat and let them cool slightly.

  Tip: Adding baking soda helps the beans cook faster. However, if you don’t have it, you can skip this step.

  

  
• 2

  Marinate red beans with sugar

  Strain the bean mixture through a sieve to collect the solids, then marinate with 100g of sugar for about 15 minutes.

  

  

  
• 3

  Cooking sticky rice with red beans

  Soak the glutinous rice for 6 – 8 hours, then rinse thoroughly and place it in the pot.

  Next, add the red bean water cooked in Step 1, cover the pot, and cook on high heat.

  When the water in the pot boils, reduce the heat to medium-low and continue cooking until the rice is done.

  Tip: You should monitor the amount of red bean water added to the rice to ensure the rice cooks to be sticky and delicious. Avoid adding too little water, which will make the rice dry, or too much water, which will make it mushy.

  

  

  

  
• 4

  Pressing red bean cake

  First, place the red beans marinated with sugar into a pan and stir over medium heat until the mixture boils.

  Next, add 3g of julienned ginger and continue to stir until the syrup reduces.

  Then, add the cooked sticky rice, lower the heat to the minimum, and stir until the pan and the filling mixture are dry.

  Sift 1 teaspoon of in cake flour into a mold, using a spoon to evenly spread the flour across the bottom of the mold.

  Next, evenly spread the red bean mixture on top and use a spoon to press it down firmly so it becomes flat.

  Finally, sift 1 teaspoon of in cake flour on top to finish.

  

  

  

  
• 5

  Ingredients

  The red bean cake after completion is soft, slightly chewy, rich and sweet with the taste of sticky rice and red beans, along with a hint of fragrance and warmth from the julienned ginger, extremely delicious.