Sweet Potato Cakes

Name: Sweet Potato Cakes
Yield: Makes about 20 cakes
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: vegetable oil, for deep-frying; about 115 g/4 oz/1 cup glutinous rice flour or wheat starch; cornflour/cornstarch, for dusting; cornflour/cornstarch, for dusting; about 115 g/4 oz/1 cup glutinous rice flour or wheat starch; 500 g/1¼ lb orange-fleshed sweet potatoes, unpeeled; honey, to serve

Preparation info

Makes about
20
cakes

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

China

By Terry Tan

Published 2020

About

In Chengdu, many versions of these cakes are popular as street food. Some are a simple blend of sweet potato and rice flour, as here, whereas others are filled with lotus seed or red bean paste. They are easy to make and you can eat them dipped in honey or even with ice cream.

Ingredients

500 g/1¼ lb orange-fleshed sweet potatoes, unpeeled
about 115 g/4

Asia
China
Starter
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Place the sweet potatoes on a baking tray and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour