Lotus cake

Overview

If macarons are palace ladies, then lotus cakes are Jiangnan beauties.

Tags

• baking
• snacks
• old man
• cake
• afternoon tea
• fast food
• cake flour
• condensed milk
• lard
• lemon
• medium powder
• purple sweet potato
• warm water
• fine sugar

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Purple sweet potato cut into cubes and steamed

   

2. 2 While hot, add appropriate amount of fine sugar and condensed milk and grind into puree

   

3. 3 Squeeze in lemon juice and the color will come out beautifully (that's OK too). Shape into balls of 20 grams each and set aside.

   

4. 4 Knead 200 grams of medium flour, 70 grams of lard, 30 grams of white sugar, and 60 grams of warm water into a puff pastry, put it in a plastic bag and let it rest for 30 minutes. Knead 135 grams of low flour and 70 grams of lard into a puff pastry and put it in a plastic bag to rest for 20 minutes. Then divide into 12 equal parts.

   

5. 5 Roll the puff pastry into an oval shape, roll it up and cover with plastic wrap to rest for 20 minutes.

   

6. 6 Roll out the rested dough roll into a long strip and let it rest for 15 minutes

   

7. 7 Take a piece of puff pastry, flatten it from both ends toward the middle, roll it into a round cake, and wrap it with purple potato balls.

   

8. 8 Scratch the surface a few times. Line a baking sheet with oiled paper and heat to 180 degrees for 30 minutes.