The "fever" of honeycomb charcoal briquettes has returned
Recently, honeycomb charcoal briquettes have suddenly become a hot search keyword on the internet as well as social networking sites. When searching the phrase “honeycomb charcoal briquettes” on Google, you will get more than 25 million results in just 0.3 seconds. In these results, there is a lot of information on how to make honeycomb charcoal briquettes or famous places to buy honeycomb charcoal briquettes.
In fact, honeycomb charcoal briquettes have appeared in Vietnam since the beginning of 2021. The first person to create it is said to be Ms. To Linh Nghi (living in District 8, Ho Chi Minh City). She started experimenting with making honeycomb charcoal briquettes when she happened to see some pictures of foreign chefs making sticky rice cakes and cookies with similar shapes.
Honeycomb charcoal briquettes suddenly became a "hot" search keyword on the internet as well as social networking sites.
In recent days, honeycomb charcoal briquettes have suddenly created a "fever" again and become a "hot trend" on social networks. Many people are eager to buy and enjoy them because they are curious about the flavor and the ingredients that create the characteristic black color of the briquettes. In stores, this type of briquette costs about 30,000 - 75,000 VND and is currently out of stock.
Honeycomb charcoal cake is a delicious and unique cake. The cake has a light, fatty taste of milk and eggs, combined with the cool taste of bamboo charcoal and the eye-catching shape of honeycomb charcoal. To make the color of the cake as similar to honeycomb charcoal as possible, some shops use chocolate or Oreo cookies, but the most popular is still using bamboo charcoal powder to create the special black color.
In recent days, honeycomb charcoal briquettes have suddenly created a "fever" again and become a "hot trend" on social networks.
Where to buy honeycomb charcoal?
Savor Cake
Address: 108 Nguyen Chi Thanh, Dong Da district, Hanoi
At Savor Cake, there are three flavors of honeycomb charcoal cakes from traditional to custard and cheese sauce... The soft and moist sponge cake base is made entirely from bamboo charcoal powder, making diners' taste buds explode. Honeycomb charcoal cake with custard filling is a special version that everyone will surely love. It is still a soft and delicious cake base, but with an additional golden, attractive, fatty custard filling that is not too sweet. The super product dedicated to the "cheese-loving team" is a soft, melt-in-your-mouth sponge cake combined with a fragrant, salty cheese sauce inside.
At Savor Cake, there are three flavors of honeycomb charcoal cake from traditional to custard and cheese sauce...
Golden custard honeycomb charcoal briquettes
Origato Cake
Address: 25 Truong Dinh, Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi
The honeycomb charcoal cake at Origato Cake has only the original flavor. Each piece of cake is soft and smooth, melting in the mouth, the soft and moist sponge cake combined with the fragrant cream makes anyone unable to resist this flavor. In particular, the honeycomb charcoal cake is made from 100% Japanese bamboo charcoal without using colorants, so the quality is always guaranteed.
Origato Cake's honeycomb charcoal briquettes only have the original flavor.
Chu's Bakery
Address: 500/42 Doan Van Bo, Ward 14, District 4, HCMC
Chu's Bakery is a bakery in Saigon that is also very diligent in "following the trend" of hot cakes on social networks. At the shop, the honeycomb charcoal cake with cream filling is loved by many customers because of its soft, moist crust dyed black from bamboo charcoal and the rich, delicious traditional vanilla cream inside.
Cream-filled honeycomb charcoal cake is loved by many diners.
Aroma Bakery
Address: 325A Dien Bien Phu, Ward 15, Binh Thanh District, HCMC
Round croissants and honeycomb charcoal cakes are both "hot trend" cakes that many customers are looking to buy at Aroma Bakery. The honeycomb charcoal cake with salted egg at the shop scores points thanks to its slightly sweet, fragrant flavor but not fishy at all.
Honeycomb charcoal briquettes with salted egg at Aroma Bakery
How to make fatty honeycomb charcoal briquettes
Ingredient:
- 65g all-purpose flour
- 50ml fresh milk
- 3 eggs
- 10g bamboo charcoal powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 50g sugar
- 50g cooking oil
Honeycomb charcoal cake is a delicious and unique cake.
Making:
Step 1: Mix the egg yolks and egg whites
- Crack the egg, separate the white and yolk.
- Using an electric mixer, beat the egg whites until stiff.
- Beat egg yolks, milk, sugar, vanilla mixture well.
- Add 1/3 of the beaten egg whites to the mixture and mix well.
Step 2: Mix the dough
- Take 1/3 of the beaten egg whites into the egg yolk mixture.
- Sift flour and charcoal powder into the mixture.
- Add the remaining 1/3 of the egg whites to the flour mixture.
- Add the remaining egg whites to the flour mixture, mix gently until combined.
Step 3: Bake and shape the cake
- Pour the cake mixture into a baking pan lined with parchment paper.
- Bake in the oven for 30 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius.
- Once the cake is done, remove it from the oven and let it cool.
- Use a charcoal shaping tool to shape the cake.
Fatty honeycomb charcoal briquettes
Note:
- Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form so the cake is fluffy and smooth.
- Mix the batter gently to avoid breaking the air bubbles in the egg whites.
- The cake should be baked at the right temperature so that it cooks evenly and does not burn.
