::The Secret of Turtle-shaped Rice Cake in Lukang::

Little apprentice- Mastering the Technique in 3 Seconds

Inherited for 80 years for three generations, making ancient red turtle shaped cake/Taiwanese Traditional Food- Red turtle shaped Cake



The main ingredient for making cakes is glutinous rice.	It needs to be soaked first.


Add water and grind	Remove excess water


Use machine to dehydrate the dough	Pour the rice milk back to the dough.


Knead into a soft dough	Divide into pieces, weighing 4 ounces each.


There you go!	3 Seconds?


Seriously?	1、2、3


Brush the mold with peanut oil anf fill with the filling.	Oops! The filling came out.


Place the peach or bamboo leaves on top to prevent sticking.	Just need a little bit of fix.


Can you tell the turtle pattern?	Place the cake in a steamer.


Stamp with a red imprint of Japanese flower.	Hurray!


The crystal-white turtle body	Show the joy!

The reason for the chewy texture is the moist glutinous rice milk and the three-second technique. Before we could even start filling, the rice milk started flowing from our fingers.

The skilled three-second technique is how the owner does not reveal the filling to show what she is made of. The boss, Hsieh Bizhen, said that the senior employees are always so skilled. She respects her employees.

We want to make red turtle cakes for teachers on Teacher's Day. It seems we need to practice hard.