Date cake

Date cake

　　Date cake, a steamed dessert, features: sweet, rich, oily, soft and refreshing texture, brownish-yellow color, and high nutritional value. Cooking method: steaming. This is a signature dessert from Chongqing’s Yishi Zhi Restaurant, suitable as a banquet dessert. Black sesame seeds can be used to decorate the cake while steaming. It is named date cake because honey dates are the main ingredient.

　　Beat eggs and sugar until they become frothy, then mix in flour until uniform. Add finely chopped fresh pork lard, honey dates, melon seeds, walnut pieces, cherries, rose petals, and other ingredients to form the batter. Pour it into a square wooden mold (with a batter thickness of 1.5 cm), steam until cooked, then turn out onto a wooden board. Let it cool slightly before cutting into diamond shapes and arranging on a serving plate. Ag3

　　Key points: Ensure the egg mixture is well beaten until frothy, milky white, and expanded. Add the flour and mix evenly, then incorporate all the other ingredients. Steam over high heat; when a small bamboo skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean without sticking, it is done. Ag3