Easiest Way to Make Homemade Sweet Potato ‘Yōkan’ Cake

Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, sweet potato ‘yōkan’ cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Sweet Potato ‘Yōkan’ Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Sweet Potato ‘Yōkan’ Cake is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

This sweet potato cake is so moist, soft and rich. Peel the sweet potatoes, cut in pieces and boil until soft. Mush or push through a tamis (recommended) while the potatoes are hot. Melt the agar powder in the water.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have sweet potato ‘yōkan’ cake using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Sweet Potato ‘Yōkan’ Cake:

1. Make ready Sweet Potatoes *about 500g after peeled
2. Prepare Caster Sugar *You can add extra 1 to 2 tablespoons
3. Make ready Salt
4. Get Butter
5. Take Vanilla Extract *OR 1 teaspoon Rum
6. Take Plain Flour OR Flour of your choice
7. Take Egg *whisked

I pureed the sweet potato rather than mashing it, and I only had to bake my cake for about an hour. I am a pastry chef & am very fussy about my cakes, and I will be using this one again. A tasty block of Japanese Yokan jelly cake is just what you need to satisfy your taste buds. This sweet and chewy yokan jelly cake has extra colour, flavour, and fibre, thanks to the delicious purple sweet potato.

Steps to make Sweet Potato ‘Yōkan’ Cake:

1. Peel skin of Sweet Potato, cut into chunky pieces, and steam for 20 minutes or until absolutely soft.
2. Place softly cooked Sweet Potato in the heat-proof mixing bowl. Add Sugar, Salt, cold Butter and Vanilla, and blend, using a hand blender, until smooth. Allow to cool slightly. *Note: You may wish to use a food processor.
3. Preheat oven to 160°C. Grease a loaf tin or small square cake tin, and line the base and sides with baking paper. *Note: Today I used a standard loaf tin.
4. Add Flour and Egg to the cooled mixture (still warm is OK), and mix well. Spoon the mixture into the tin, smooth the surface, and bake for 30 minutes.
5. Allow to cool in the tin. When cooled enough, chill in the fridge.

A tasty block of Japanese Yokan jelly cake is just what you need to satisfy your taste buds. This sweet and chewy yokan jelly cake has extra colour, flavour, and fibre, thanks to the delicious purple sweet potato. The perfect gelatin-free light dessert or snack. Add vanilla, sweet potatoes, pineapple, raisins, and walnuts and blend on low speed until thoroughly mixed. In Korea, sweet potatoes have always been a popular ingredient to many delicious and healthy recipes.

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