How to Make New Year Cake as Spring Festival Cuisine

2009-2-2 8:54:00

New Year cake

Niangao, a sweet, sticky and brown cake, is made of glutinous rice or millet flour and garnished with anything from bean to jujube paste, assorted fruits and preserves. Often given as a gift, it is delicious when steamed, fried, fried with eggs or even eaten cold. By tradition, it is believed eating niangao will bring good luck.

Ingredients:

2-1/2 cups packed dark brown sugar (black sugar)
1/2 cup vegetable oil, flavorless
4-1/2 cups sweet rice flour (glutinous flour), found in Asian markets
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
sesame seeds

Preparation:

1. Heat the brown sugar and the vegetable oil together; stir constantly, until sugar melts. Cool slightly.

2. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir cooled brown sugar mixture into the flour.

3. Drop batter by the spoonful into a bowl of sesame seeds.
Coat completely then place balls into a steamer.

4. Cover and steam 50-60 minutes.