This is a desert type of steamed Chinese cake and its name is coming from the similarity between its inside and a beehive.
Ingredients:
Dough:
1: 2 cups all purpose flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder and 1/3 cup of sugar, mix well.
2: 250 ml luck warm water, 2 teaspoons sugar, 1.5 teaspoons fast rising instant yeast, mix well and let it stand for 10 minutes.
3: 5 tablespoons mixed fruit pieces.
4: Canola or corn oil as needed.
Cooking directions：
In a large bowl, mix 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder and 1/3 cup of sugar (picture A), pour all ingredient 2 into the bowl and form a sticky dough, after add 15 ml corn oil, knead into smooth dough (picture B), cover and let it stand for about 1-2 hours until volume is double. On flour surfaced big clean board or counter, knead the dough a few time and shape it to a round and flat dough, brush with some corn oil and put it in a bamboo steamer lined with wet cloth. Add 6 cups of hot water into a big steamer and put the bamboo steamer in cover it for 20 minutes (picture C).
Before cooking add evenly of mixed fruit pieces to the top of cake and then put the steamer pot on high heat, bring water to broil and steam the cake for 30 minutes, turn off the heat and wait for 2 minutes before open the lid. Cut into pieces and serve warm.
