【Beijing】Purple Sweet Potato and Osmanthus Cake

Overview

Huasu is a traditional snack in old Beijing. The filling is my own creation. It uses healthy and natural purple sweet potato and is paired with sweet sweet-scented osmanthus. It has a moderate sweetness and is suitable for all ages. It is the best gift for relatives and friends during the Spring Festival.

Tags

• baking
• all-purpose flour
• food coloring
• lard
• low gluten flour
• purple sweet potato
• sugar osmanthus
• powdered sugar
• salt
• water

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Let’s make the filling first. Cut two small purple sweet potatoes into pieces and steam them for about 20 minutes

   

2. 2 If you can easily insert chopsticks into the purple sweet potato, it means it has been steamed.

   

3. 3 When the temperature drops slightly, pour out the steamed water.

   

4. 4 Here are all the ingredients for the filling part. Steamed purple sweet potato, powdered sugar, candied osmanthus

   

5. 5 The two pieces of small purple sweet potatoes I chose weighed about 318 grams after steaming. There are big and small purple sweet potatoes, and the portion size is not very strict.

   

6. 6 Add 50 grams of powdered sugar, and then add 20 grams of sugar-osmanthus.

   

7. 7 Knead all the ingredients into balls and cover them with plastic wrap to prevent the surface from drying out (at this point, the filling part is complete.)

   

8. 8 Next we will make water-oil skin. This is all the ingredients for water-oil skin. All-purpose flour, powdered sugar, lard, salt, water

   

9. 9 Take 200 grams of all-purpose flour, add 80 grams of lard, add 2 grams of salt, add 30 grams of powdered sugar, then add 110 ml of water, and put it all into the bread machine barrel at one time.

   

10. 10 Turn on the bread machine and run the automatic dough mixing program for about 15 minutes.

    

11. 11 While the bread machine is executing the program, we are going to make the pastry, which is all the materials needed for the pastry. Low-gluten flour, lard

    

12. 12 180g low-gluten flour, add 90g lard.

    

13. 13 Use your hands to knead all the ingredients into a smooth dough

    

14. 14 Place the pastry dough into a crisper and close the lid to prevent the surface from drying out.

    

15. 15 Now that the dough mixing process of the bread machine has ended, take out the dough. The dough that has just been rested in the bread machine is very soft, but the toughness has not reached the optimal effect and needs to be fermented a second time

    

16. 16 Knead the dough again with your hands, not too many times, just about a dozen times.

    

17. 17 Put the kneaded dough into a lunch box and close the lid to prevent the surface from drying out. Let it sit for about 15 minutes

    

18. 18 After resting for 15 minutes, the dough has become very firm. After weighing the total weight of the dough, divide the dough into 20 equal parts.

    

19. 19 Divide the dough into 20 equal portions and put it in a crisper with the lid closed to prevent the surface from drying out. You don't have to worry, because the dough contains oil so it won't stick to each other.

    

20. 20 Weigh the total weight of the pastry dough made previously and divide it into 20 equal parts.

    

21. 21 Roll each portion into a small ball and put it in a lunch box. Be sure to close the lid to prevent the surface from drying out.

    

22. 22 Next we will complete the most important puff pastry wrapping process. Take a piece of water-oil dough

    

23. 23 Water-oil skin is very soft and can be flattened by just pressing it with your hands.

    

24. 24 Take a pastry ball and place it on the water-oil dough

    

25. 25 Wrap the pastry with water-oil dough.

    

26. 26 After wrapping, folds face up

    

27. 27 Press flat

    

28. 28 Use a rolling pin to roll it into a long tongue shape on both sides

    

29. 29 Roll up from one end

    

30. 30 Place the 20 prepared dough rolls into a crisper and close the lid to prevent the surface from drying out. Let it sit for 15 minutes

    

31. 31 While the rolls are resting, we divide the previously weighed purple sweet potato filling into 20 equal parts

    

32. 32 Divide 20 portions of filling into small balls and cover with plastic wrap to prevent the surface from drying out.

    

33. 33 After letting it rest for 15 minutes, take out a dough roll with the seam facing up.

    

34. 34 After flattening, use a rolling pin to roll it into a long tongue shape on both sides.

    

35. 35 Roll it up from one end again. The second roll will look slightly fatter than the first.

    

36. 36 Place the prepared 20 secondary dough rolls in a crisper and close the lid to prevent the surface from drying out. Let it sit for another 15 minutes

    

37. 37 After letting it rest for 15 minutes, take a dough roll and make a mark in the middle with chopsticks.

    

38. 38 Turn up both sides

    

39. 39 Press flat

    

40. 40 Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough and wrap it with purple sweet potato filling.

    

41. 41 When wrapped, arrange it into a round shape with the smooth side facing up. Start preheating the oven at 200°

    

42. 42 Press flat

    

43. 43 Use a spatula to cut into eight equal parts without cutting in the middle.

    

44. 44 Rotate and flip each petal in the same direction

    

45. 45 Press flat

    

46. 46 My oven can hold ten in one pot, so I need to bake it in two batches. Place the prepared dough on the baking sheet, and be sure to cover it with plastic wrap before it is all done to prevent the surface from drying out.

    

47. 47 Bake in the oven at 200° for about 50 minutes. (The above oven temperatures and times are for reference only, please set them as appropriate according to the specific conditions of your own oven.)

    

48. 48 Freshly baked purple sweet potato puff pastry, place on cooling rack to cool.

    

49. 49 Food coloring, bright red

    

50. 50 Just a drop or two

    

51. 51 Add a little water and mix thoroughly

    

52. 52 Dip a chopstick into the paint and put a red dot in the middle of the purple sweet potato cake.

    

53. 53 The beautiful purple potato and osmanthus cake is ready.

    

54. 54 The Spring Festival is coming, it’s a great gift to give to relatives and friends.

    

55. 55 As long as you follow the steps and don't be lazy, the success rate is 100%

    

56. 56 Doesn’t it feel very fulfilling to make traditional crafts yourself?

    

57. 57 Suitable for all ages

    

58. 58 This Spring Festival, use your hands to send heartfelt blessings to your relatives and friends

    

59. 59 I wish everyone a happy new year and all the best!