Chinese Cake Recipe
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Chinese New Year sweet rice cake recipe
New Year cakes The pronunciation of niangao sounds like year high (年高), which symbolizes a higher income, a higher position, the growth of children, and generally the promise of a better year . niangao was originally used as an offering in ritual ceremonies before it gradually became a Spring Festival food. Chinese: 年糕 niángāo /nyen-gaoww/ year cake How Year Cake is Made…
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Chinese fish cakes recipe
The Asian style fish cake is a healthy snack that is packed with plenty of nutrition and the taste of the sea. It has a spongy texture with a crispy surface. The flavor is appetizing, refreshing and satisfying when paired with sweet sour Thai chili sauce.You can use frozen fish fillets and a food processor to cook it in 30 minutes. It was quite frustrating every time I tried…
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Chinese egg cake recipe steamed
INTRODUCTION For modified recipe for breakfast, please scroll towards the end. I promised it will be a short post as I have nothing much to say about this steamed sponge cake (kuey neng ko) – the fourth in my series of steamed sponge cake. However, this is prepared with due respect to our elders who prepared it based on simple ratio and simple method. The recipe is just as…
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Chinese New Year Turnip cake recipe
Yes, it is cake again following the last recipe on Water Chestnut Cake, from which you may check out why cakes are so welcomed during the Chinese New Year. Actually this turnip cake or radish cake (Law Bak Gou 蘿蔔糕) is not only popular for the Festival but it is also one of the famous dim sum here in Hong Kong, served either steamed or pan fried throughout the year. I particularly…
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Chinese Steam cake Recipes
I often went to some old-styled Chinese restaurants with my father. There was a simple steamed cake served as dim sum, with delicate, light and soft texture. The fragrance of the eggs inside was wonderful. The ingredients of the cake are only eggs, flour and sugar. How could the chefs make this cake so soft and light? On the menu, the restaurants used to put 西施（Xishi in Mandarin）before…
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Chinese New Year rice cake recipe
The familiar image of a New Year Sweet Rice Cake (红糖年糕), or nian gao, is a welcome sight during Chinese New Year. Nian gao 年糕（高) symbolizes progress, advancement, and growth. Every family inevitably buys or makes this for their Chinese New Year celebration, in the hopes of having a better year ahead. It’s also a popular gift to give when visiting family and friends during the…
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Carrot cake recipe Chinese
Today, I have prepared some radish cake but the simpler hawker version. As we all know, hawker version radish cake will not have anything fanciful… Just very simple radish, flour and seasoning.. I believed that is the most basic of this cake. There is no changes in the recipe.. Just ignore the meat portion and proceed the batter portion. Steam and deep fry or air fry. INTRODUCTION…
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Chinese wedding cake recipe
This strawberry sponge cake is light and airy and perfect for summer. This is my all time favorite cake in the world. I grew up eating this type of cake. In fact, this is the type of cake I’m having at my wedding! We found a local Taiwanese baker who is going to make me a 3-tiered cake such as this one. I’m afraid to have my parents try this now cause I don’t want them to say…
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Chinese sweet rice cake recipe
Sticky rice cake is crispy on the outside with a gooey texture inside. You will smell the toasted sesame seeds from afar. The first bite of the slightly spongy and pleasantly fragrant rice cake has such a delightful mouthfeel. The sweet and moist red bean paste will melt in your mouth so quickly that won’t be able to resist devouring the whole cake! The sticky rice cake with…
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Chinese Yam cakes recipe
4.8 54 Yam Cake Recipe (Or Kuih) Yam Cake Recipe (Or Kuih) recipe – This is basically a steamed cake made from yam pieces, dried prawns and rice flour. It is then topped with deep fried shallots, spring onions, chillis and dried prawns, and usually served with a chilli dipping sauce. Ingredients: For the kuih: 1½ bowls yam, diced into 1-2cm cubes 1 bowl rice flour 2 tablespoons…
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Sticky rice cake recipe Chinese
INTRODUCTION I have been holding this post for a while because I am waiting for my steamed glutinous rice cake to harden so that I can cut and show readers how to prepare this sticky rice cake. Somehow, this is the fourth day, it is still rather soft, I have decided not to wait any more and share with readers the preparation of the cake itself. Very frankly, I have a lot to…
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Chinese sticky cake Nian Gao recipe
Last week, on a surprise visit to see family, Mom made a couple of dishes that I normally don’t cook myself. One of them is this Chinese Fried Sticky Rice Cake Noodle dish (long name!) In Chinese, it’s called 炒年糕 Chǎo Nián Gāo. The recipe is from my Dad’s hometown of NingBo in China. What are Sticky Rice Cake Noodles (Nian Gao) Nian Gao is normally eaten for Chinese New Year…
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Chinese red bean cake recipe
With the celebration of Chinese New Year still ongoing around the world, we are getting ready to embrace yet another celebration – Valentine’s Day!! To continue for the Valentine’s Day, I brainstormed ideas for a unique Valentine’s Day treat. Not that I don’t love chocolates or other mainstream sweets, I just like to think outside of the box and try to make something thoughtful…
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Chinese bakery sponge cake recipe
– by bernadette, 5.0stars Your recipes are truly beautiful and easy to follow. Paper-wrapped Mini Sponge Cake Recipe. Soft, cottony, pillowy, and airy, the best sponge cake EVER, wrapped in cute paper cups Prep time: Cook time: Total Time: Ingredients: 5 egg whites 90g (3 oz) fine sugar (castor sugar) 5 egg yolks, lightly beaten 60g (2 oz) cake flour (starch) 15g (0.5 oz) corn…
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Chinese Coconut cake recipe
In the Vietnamese repertoire, sponge cakes (banh bong lan) are the go-to cake because they require just a handful of low-cost ingredients. The delicate sponges are great for cakes such as strawberry and cream cake or a Christmas yule log cake. But when you want to pour on the love, a butter cake is the answer. It’s richer with more butter, yet light because of the fair amount…
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Chinese cake noodles recipe
When I was young and living at home, my mom tried hard to have a home-cooked meal on the table everyday. Usually, there’d be a meat dish, a veggie dish, and rice. She even managed to make a big pot of Chinese soup almost every other day. Of course there were days when she’d take a break. Those days were my favourite because they meant Chinese take-out. Chinese take-out is nothing…
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Chestnut cake recipe Chinese
Chinese New Year is a season for savoring cakes here in Hong Kong, turnip cakes, taro cakes, sticky rice cakes, all kinds of Chinese cakes you can name. Because the words ‘cake (糕)’ and ‘high’ in Chinese (Cantonese) both pronounces as ‘gou’, so the connotations of prestige and rising derived from ‘high’ are also imposed on ‘cake’, which is thus regarded as a symbolic food for…
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