Jiaodong specialty—wedding cakes

Overview

Wedding cakes, also known as fire cakes, are a local specialty of Haiyang with a unique flavor. In Haiyang's wedding customs, when young men and women get married, among the gifts distributed to relatives and friends by both parties, wedding cakes are an indispensable food, representing happiness and reunion. Wedding cakes are generally made into a round shape with a diameter of about 12 cm to 14 cm and a thickness of about 3 cm to 4 cm. They are made of wheat flour, eggs, peanut oil and sugar. Generally, no water is added. Because they are eaten by themselves or used for weddings, they generally do not add colorings, saccharin, or inferior oils. and other unhealthy ingredients, so the wedding cakes made in the workshop have a soft and sweet taste, and look smooth and golden in appearance. Moreover, the processed wedding cakes are not only economical and affordable, but also have high nutritional value. More importantly, they are safe to eat. Therefore, they are also a good gift for Haiyang citizens to bring when visiting relatives and friends.

Tags

• baking
• children
• afternoon tea
• all-purpose flour
• egg
• milk powder
• peanut oil
• sugar
• yeast
• water

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Put water and yeast into the bread bucket and stir with chopsticks until the yeast melts;

   

2. 2 Add sugar, milk powder, eggs, peanut oil, and flour;

   

3. 3 Start the "dough mixing" program of the bread machine and knead until smooth dough (it took me ten minutes);

   

4. 4 Cover with plastic wrap and ferment until doubled in size (insert your fingers into the dough so that the holes do not bounce back);

   

5. 5 Take out the fermented dough, press to deflate, divide into nine portions (about 77 grams each) and roll each into a round shape;

   

6. 6 Take a piece of dough, knead it a few times to make the surface as smooth as possible, and roll it into flour (shake off excess dry flour);

   

7. 7 Use a rolling pin to roll the dough into a dough about 1CM thick;

   

8. 8 Roll out all the dough in order and put it on the baking sheet (not non-stick greased paper);

   

9. 9 Place on the bottom shelf of the preheated oven at 100 degrees and 150 degrees, and bake for fifteen minutes;

   

10. 10 Turn over and continue baking for fifteen minutes.