This Sesame Pumpkin Cake is chewy and crisp on the outside. It's completely gluten free and vegan. No deep frying or pan fried, just pop the whole tray of pumpkin cakes into the oven and bake for 30 minutes!
Author Ann Low
Prep Time 15 minutesmins
Cook Time 30 minutesmins
Steaming Time 20 minutesmins
Total Time 1 hourhr5 minutesmins
Course Afternoon tea, Breakfast
Cuisine Chinese snack, Dim Sum
Difficulty Easy
Servings 20pieces
Allergen Gluten Free
Ingredients
420gmashed pumpkin
55gcaster sugar
350gglutinous rice flour
white sesame seeds - for coating
Instructions
Cut about 520g pumpkin to chunk and steam for about 20 minutes till soft, and measure to get 420g cooked pumpkin. Mash cooked pumpkin and stir well with sugar.
Pour in glutinous rice flour and knead pumpkin to a dough and not sticky to hand.
Divide dough into 20 pieces round balls, about 40g each.
Spray some water over pumpkin balls, then coat with white sesame seeds.
Place pumpkin cakes on lined baking tray and gently flatten slightly with your palm. Brush some oil over pumpkin cakes.
Bake in the preheated oven at 180 degrees C for 30 minutes.
Keyword pumpkin, sesame pumpkin cake, white sesame seeds