How to Make Traditional Chinese Steamed Cake

How to Make Traditional Chinese Steamed Cake

Friday, 29 May 2015 / No Comments

Hello guys…

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Did you read our article before? About some Chinese symbolic foods?. Well this time I want to share about the cake that symbolized our hope to have a sweet life. That is steamed cake. This time we will talk about the traditional one that usually served in many Chinese festival. Here we go…

Ingredients:

140g flour

5 medium eggs

240g Sugar

Steps:

1. Dry the flour for an hour under the hot sun.

2. Beat the eggs and sugar with the mixer until become double volume, thick, and creamy mixture. To minimize the air bubbles, turn the mixer to the lower speed and beat the mixture for 2 minutes.

3. Pour the flour to the mixture. Slowly stir with the spatula until perfectly combine.

4. Pour the cake mixture into prepared 8” lined baking tin or bamboo steam tray, rest for 10mins.

5. Steam over high heat for about 40mins, and wait for 1min then only remove the cake.

Now you have your own traditional Chinese sponge cake. You can enjoy this sweet dessert with your family and have a sweet life. Have a great time…

Chinese Symbolic Food

Chinese Symbolic Food

Monday, 25 May 2015 / No Comments

Hello everyone… do you like Chinese food? Do you that Chinese food has several meaning or symbol that influence the demand of the food. This time I want to tell you about come Chinese food meaning or symbol. Here we go…

1. Noodle

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For Chinese, noodle is the symbol of long life. When you eat noodle, it’s not good to cut off the noodle. The story said that cut the noodle will give you bad luck. So, if you eat noodle it will be good if you don’t cut the noodle.

2. Spring Rolls

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Because the shape of spring rolls are similar with the golden bar, this food become the symbol of wealth.

3. Lettuce Wrap

Some Chinese food are wrapped with lettuce. Lettuce become the symbol of rising fortune because in Cantonese word for lettuce sounds like rising fortune, so it is very common to serve a lettuce wrap filled with other lucky food.

4. Fish

In Chinese language the word for fish is ‘Yu’. In chinese language ‘Yu’ also means wish and abundance. In the New Year most of Chinese people serve a full fish (with a head and tail), it’s the symbol of the abundance from the beginning until the ending of the new year.

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5. Steamed Cake

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Cakes such as Sticky Rice Cake have symbolic significance on many levels. Their sweetness symbolizes a rich, sweet life, while the layers symbolize rising abundance for the coming year. Finally, the round shape signifies family reunion.

After we know about some food that become a symbol of wish, now the foods are not only something to full my body. But foods are something to express our hope. Because life is beautiful, and the food also.

See you next time…