Main Ingredients:
Low-gluten flour: 200g; Glutinous rice flour: 100g; Blueberry juice: half a bowl; Pumpkin puree: half a bowl.
Auxiliary Ingredients:
Yeast: 4g; Granulated sugar: 30g.
Flavor: Sweet and fragrant; Cooking Method: Steaming; Time: Several hours; Difficulty: Advanced.
Detailed Steps for Cooking Healthy Three-Color Steamed Cake (How to Improve the Texture)
Prepare the ingredients. Steamed cake can be made with various types of flour, such as glutinous rice flour, high-gluten flour, corn flour, and sticky rice flour.
Divide the flour, glutinous rice flour, yeast, and granulated sugar into three portions. Take one portion of flour and mix it with glutinous rice flour, yeast, and granulated sugar. Then add blueberry juice and knead it into a purple dough.
Mix the other two portions with pumpkin puree and water, respectively, and knead them into two different colored doughs. Put them all in a large bowl, cover it, and let it ferment at room temperature for 30 minutes.
When the dough has risen to about twice its original size, it is ready to be shaped into steamed cakes.
Take a portion of the dough and roll it out thinly on a cutting board.
Use a circular dish or mold to cut out the dough into the same size as the steamed cake mold. Knead the remaining dough into a ball, roll it out thinly, and continue to cut it into circles.
Overlap the cut-out dough circles of different colors.
Smooth out the overlapped dough circles. Adjust the size of the dough circles according to the size of the mold. I used a movable bottom cake mold to make the steamed cake, and directly placed the rolled-out dough on the bottom of the mold.
Place the dough in the cake pan, put it in the steamer, pour warm water into the pot, and do not turn on the heat. Let the steamed cake ferment in the pot for about 20 minutes.
After the dough has fermented, turn on the heat and steam it for about 30 minutes. The steamed cake will expand a lot when it is done. Press it down with a spoon or it will bounce back quickly.
Invert the steamed cake, spread some cooking oil on the surface, and cut it into your desired shape when it has cooled slightly.
This homemade three-color steamed cake is nutritious and safe, without any food coloring or additives, and is suitable for children to eat. I have made this cake several times recently, and my family has finished it every time.
