Japanese steamed cake

Question

Does anyone know the japanese name for these? I'm looking for a recipe to make them. They're NOT daifuku!!! Whenever I looked up "steamed cake" it'd keep coming up with daifuku. They're literally like cake, only steamed. They had nothing in them (no bean paste) and they were really REALLY spongey and soft! I especially liked the strawberry ones. So does anyone know the specific Japanese name and a good recipe on how to make them please?

Thank you very much!

Answer 1

Manju

ngredients:

2 1/2 cup all purpose flour

4 tsps. baking powder

1/4 cup sugar

2/3 cup water

3/4 lb. anko (sweet azuki bean paste)

Preparation:

Sift flour and baking powder. Put the four in a large bowl. Add sugar. Pour warm water in the bowl and knead the dough until smooth. Divide the dough into 12 pieces. Make round shapes and flatten them. Put a spoonful of anko filling in the center of the dough. Wrap the anko by stretching the dough and make it round. Place each manju on a small cooking sheet. Preheat a steamer on high heat. Place manju in the steamer, and steam for 15 minutes.

*Makes 12 manju cakes.  

Answer 2

I checked the web for 20 minutes, and i found the closest thing:

http://www.recipezaar.com/178671

follow the link above, and HAPPY COOKING!. If this isn't what your looking for, try this:

http://japanesefood.about.com/od/japanes...

Answer 3

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is that it?

Answer 4

Ichigo Daifuku

Strawberry Rice Cake

Ingredients:

200g--------------------200gRice flour (Shiratamako)

30g---------------------Sugar

250cc-------------------Water

400g--------------------Sweet bean jam

12----------------Strawberries

   1. Pat the strawberries dry with a paper towel. Put the strawberries into the bean jam and roll it into a ball. (12 balls)

   2. Mix rice flour, sugar, and water.

   3. Cover the Mixture 2 with saran wrap.

   4. Then, heat it in the microwave for 2 minutes.

   5. Mix it with a wooden spoon.

   6. Heat again and mix again and repeat until it becomes almost transparent.

   7. Spread dry flour on both hands.

   8. Take a spoonful of the mixture with a wet spoon.

   9. Press it in your hands.

  10. Place the strawberry in the middle and wrap with the mixture.

Strawberry Daifuku is one type of Japanese "wagashi"