Chinese Red Date and Brown Sugar Cake Recipe

Red Date and Brown Sugar Cake is a traditional Chinese dim sum. Speaking of this brown sugar red date cake, many people love it. It is rumored to be the royal pastry of the Qing dynasty, once known as the court’s first pastry. It has a history of more than 200 years.

Mellow jujube mud blends with brown sugar. The taste is delicate. Today I will share with you the recipe of this brown sugar red date jujube cake. The method is very simple and can be done by novices. This recipe is zero failure. Unlike Chiffon Cake, you have to experiment many times.

Ingredients:

200g pitted red dates, 360ml pure milk, 200ml corn oil, 290g brown sugar, 12 eggs, 400g pastry flour, a little white sesame.

Cooking steps:

1. Cut red dates into small pieces.

2. Put red dates, corn oil and pure milk into the cooking machine and stir into a mud.

3. Pour the red date milk puree into a large bowl and set aside.

4. Put the brown sugar in a water-free and oil-free basin. Knock the eggs into brown sugar. Place the basin in a large basin filled with hot water to melt the brown sugar.

5. The brown sugar melts and stir with an electric whisk.

6. Pour the brown sugar egg liquid into the red dates puree and mix well.

7. Then sift into the pastry flour and quickly stir until there is no dry powder. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees in advance.

8. After mixing well, pour into 9-inch square mold and sprinkle with white sesame seeds.

9. Put the mold into the preheated steam oven and bake at 160 degrees for 55 minutes. (If it is a 6-inch square plate, bake it for 40 minutes.)

10. Cut into pieces after cooling.

Tips:

1. The baking time depends on the oven temperature and cake size.

2. Pay attention to the method when mixing the ingredients, and mix it quickly to avoid that the finished red date jujube cake is not soft.

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