Bai Tang Gao also known as Lun Jiao Gao (伦教糕) is a popular dessert in China, especially in Canton area.
In this recipe, the following ingredients are required:
Rice flour 150g
water 300ml (2tbsp water to mix with dry yeast)
90g sugar (1 tsp sugar to mix with dry yeast)
3/4 tsp yeast
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp vegetable oil
1, Add sugar into a sauce pan. Pour into 150 ml water. Turn to low heat and stir at the same time till all the sugar dissolves.
2, Add rice flour with the rest 150 ml water. Stir till no lumps.
3, Add rice flour water into sugar water. Turn to low heat and stir till fully mixed. Then turn off the heat and let it cool down.
4, In a small bowl, mix 1 tsp sugar, 2 tbsp water and 3/4 dry yeast. Let it rest to foam up.
5, When rice flour water is completely cool and yeast foams up. Add yeast water into rice flour water. Also add in baking powder and oil. Mix well.
6. Put it in a warm place, cover it with plastic wrap and towel. Let it ferment for 5 hrs. Original recipe needs 6 hrs. But it is very hot here in Singapore. So I think 5 hrs should be long enough.
7. Brush oil to steaming pan. Pour everything into it. Steam over medium heat for 20-25 mins. Check with toothpick.
Banana is one of my husband’s favorite fruit. But sometimes, He forgot to eat them, and banana got ripe very quickly. So I would use them to make smoothie or cake or bread.
This summer when we went back to my hometown, we brought so many walnut back. My mom just cracked them and store the shell-removed walnut in 2 large containers. My husband likes walnut, so he adds some in his yogurt. Yet, we still have a lot. So I tried to bake something with walnut and banana.
Ingredients:
Bananas 2
butter 1/2 cup
white sugar 1 cup
eggs 2
vanilla 1/2 tsp
flour 1 cup
baking soda 1 tsp
salt 1/2 tsp
cinnamon powder 1/2 tsp
chopped & toasted walnut 1 cup
Preheat oven to 170 Degree C.
Cream butter and sugar together till light and fluffy.
Add in 2 beaten eggs and vanilla. Stir well.
Add in mashed bananas. Mix them together.
Sieve in all the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon powder. Mix till combined.
Butter spray the loaf pan. Dust it with flour.
Pour all the batter into the pan.
Into the oven for 50-60 mins. Check with a toothpick. If it comes out clean then it’s done.
Let it cool down for a little while.
Cut it and you will find it’s very moistened and firm.
My husband and I are not big fans of fresh blueberry. But we both like food made from blueberry, like jam or cake. So if I buy blueberries from supermarket, it means I will bake something with blueberry.
Preheat oven to 180 degree C.
Ingredients:
Butter 130g
Sugar 120g
Vanilla 1 tsp
Egg 1
Flour 190g
Baking powder 1 tsp
Salt 1/4 tsp
Zest of 1 lemon
Milk 1/2 cup
Blueberry 2 cups
Flour 1 tablespoon
Lemon juice 1 tablespoon
1. Cream butter with sugar till light and fluffy.
2. Add in vanilla. And eggs one by one.
3. Mix fry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt and zest of lemon) together.
4. Add flour and milk into butter mixture alternately. 1/2 flour and 1/2 milk one time.
5. Add 1 tablespoon flour and lemon juice into blueberries. Toss a bit.
6. Place 1/2 batter into baking pan. Over it spread 1/2 blueberries. Then add in the rest batter. And top it with rest blueberries. Light press blueberries into the batter.
The batter is done:
After 60 mins.
Cool down for a while.
I was too lazy to make any glaze. So i just sprinkle icing sugar over the top.
