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The Rose Flower Cake
It is said that when you go to Hong Kong, you will buy wife cakes, when you go to Taiwan, you will buy pineapple cakes, and when you come to Yunnan, you will buy flower cakes. Flower cakes are a special snack in Yunnan. As long as you go to Lijiang, there are many shops selling flower cakes, and many people also like this kind of dessert full of fragrance.
Flower cake is a kind of Chinese puff pastry, and those who can make wife cake or egg yolk pastry will have no difficulty at all in making this kind of cake. The crust is crispy and crunchy, the flower filling is light and fragrant, and you can really eat fresh flower petals between your lips! You’ll be totally amazed by its taste! if you are a staff, the best afternoon tea are the cake with my favorite lemon drink. Those are the best choice for you.
What is Chinese Flower Cake?
Chinese flower cake is a traditional pastry, mainly popular in southern China, such as Fujian and Guangdong provinces. Its shape resembles a flower in full bloom, which is why it is called a flower cake. The flower cake is flat and round, with a pattern carved on the surface and a thin layer of puff pastry and filling in the middle.
Rose Flower Cake
How To Choose Edible Rose Petals
Choosing edible rose petals requires attention to the following points:
1. Varieties: Choose varieties of roses that are specifically intended for edible use, such as large-leaf roses and moon roses. Do not choose the common ornamental varieties available in the market as these may have been sprayed with pesticides or chemicals.
2.Freshness: Choose fresh rose petals, preferably picked on the same day. Fresh rose petals are brightly colored, soft, and not shriveled or deformed.
3.Cleaning: Before consumption, clean the rose petals to remove impurities and dust. It is best to wash with running water and then gently dry with a paper towel or washcloth.
How To Make Rose Flower Cake
Step 1
Make rose water. This water is used to mix the dough so that the skin you eat will give off a faint rose fragrance (this step can also be done directly with water). Soak 9 small edible dried roses in a cup of boiling water, then mash up 50g edible fresh rose petals to squeeze out the juice, then mix with the rose water to filter out the rose fragrance and set aside.
Make rose water. This water is used to mix the noodles so that the skin you eat will give off a faint rose fragrance
Step 2
Add 20g white sugar to the rose and rub them well with your hands until it becomes juicy.
Eat the rose with sugar and rub the meat with your hands until it becomes juicy.
Step 3
Rub it into this state as below, this is the rose sugar.
So that’s rose sugar.
Step 4
Add the 30g cooked glutinous rice flour to the rose sugar, and mix them to make them into a dough (cooked glutinous rice flour can be steamed directly into a steamer or fried until cooked).
Use rose sugar to add the appropriate amount of cooked glutinous rice flour to make a dough
Step 5
In this step, it takes about 30 minutes to finish the process. The pastry consists of 100 grams of all purpose flour mixed with 10 grams of lard, but also 45 grams of rose water, and 15 grams of sugar, mix them well, and kneaded for 30 minutes. The other pastry is made from 80 grams of all purpose flour and 50 grams of lard. Knead them into balls and long strips as shown in the picture, the balls are for the filling and the long strips are for the crust. Divide it into 16 parts.
Knead them into balls and long strips as shown in the picture
Step 6
You wrap the pastry in dough, as you can see here.
You wrap the pastry in dough, as you can see here.
Step 7
Then roll it into an oval shape. Roll it like this. Then roll out the long strip and roll it up again. Set aside and wait for 10 minutes.
Then roll it into an oval shape.
Step 8
Knead the dough into a circle and roll out the dough into a thin, thick-edged dough. Then wrap in 17 grams of rose to fill in the dough.
Knead the dough into a circle and roll out the dough into a thin, thick-edged dough. Then wrap in 17 grams of rose to fill in the dough.
Step 9
Place the dough on a baking sheet, flatten it slightly, and brush it with the egg mixture.
Place the dough on a baking sheet, flatten it slightly and brush it with the egg mixture.
Step 10
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and bake for 10 minutes. Lower the heat according to the actual temperature. Let the temperature in the oven be about 160 minutes and bake for another 20 minutes until the skin is golden brown.
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and bake for 10 minutes.
Cooking techniques
1. Two steps are omitted in the rolling process due to the patting. If you don’t understand, please do ask me. This rose petal must be edible.
2. During the baking process, that fragrance of roses fills the whole house with fragrance, take a bite of the lasagna, the sweetness of glutinous rice and roses, that impact stimulates your taste buds, I think you will fall in love with this pastry as deeply as I did, no matter how famous the flower cake outside is, it must not be able to resist the freshness and lightness of your own home. You got to believe me. The copyright of the rose flower cake belongs to the author, and no one is allowed to reproduce or use it in whole or in part without the author’s written permission.
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Rose Flower Cake
Flower cake is a kind of Chinese puff pastry, and those who can make wife cake or egg yolk pastry will have no difficulty at all in making this kind of cake.
Prep Time30 mins
Cook Time30 mins
Total Time1 hr
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Chinese
Keyword: flower cake
Servings: 3
Calories: 306kcal
Author: May
Cost: 10
Equipment(affiliate link)
1 oven
Ingredients(affiliate link)
- 9 edible dried roses to make rose water
- 50 g fresh edible rose petals
- 35 g sugar
- 30g g glutinous rice flour cooked
- 180g g all purpose flour
- 60 g lard
Instructions
Make rose water. This water is used to mix the dough so that the skin you eat will give off a faint rose fragrance (this step can also be done directly with water). Soak a few dried roses in a cup of boiling water, then mash up the right amount of fresh rose petals to squeeze out the juice, then mix with the rose water to filter out the rose fragrance and set aside.
Add some white granulated sugar to the rose and rub them well with your hands until it becomes juicy.
Rub it into this state as below, this is the rose sugar.
Add the appropriate amount of cooked glutinous rice flour to the rose sugar, and mix them to make them into a dough (cooked glutinous rice flour can be steamed directly into a steamer or fried until cooked).
In this step, it takes about 30 minutes to finish the process. The pastry consists of 100 grams of all purpose flour mixed with 10 grams of lard, but also 45 grams of rose water, and 15 grams of sugar, mix them well, and kneaded for 30 minutes. The other pastry is made from 80 grams of all purpose flour and 50 grams of lard. Knead them into balls and long strips as shown in the picture, the balls are for the filling and the long strips are for the crust. Divide it into 16 parts.
Wrap the pastry in dough, as you can see here.
Then roll it into an oval shape. Roll it like this. Then roll out the long strip and roll it up again. Set aside and wait for 10 minutes.
Knead the dough into a circle and roll out the dough into a thin, thick-edged dough. Then wrap in 17 grams of rose to fill in the dough.
Place the dough on a baking sheet, flatten it slightly, and brush it with the egg mixture.
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and bake for 10 minutes. Lower the heat according to the actual temperature. Let the temperature in the oven be about 160 minutes and bake for another 20 minutes until the skin is golden brown.
Nutrition Facts
Rose Flower Cake
Amount Per Serving
Calories 306Calories from Fat 9
% Daily Value*
Fat 1g2%
Saturated Fat 0.1g1%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.3g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.1g
Sodium 8mg0%
Potassium 115mg3%
Carbohydrates 67g22%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 12g13%
Protein 7g14%
Vitamin A 1004IU20%
Vitamin C 7mg8%
Calcium 58mg6%
Iron 3mg17%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
