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Chinese New Year Cake "Nian Gao" Recipe
Chinese New Year Cake "Nian Gao" is a very traditional steamed rice cake dessert with special meaning in the Chinese culture. This dessert also happens to be free of the top 9 food allergens and very allergy friendly.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
1 hr 30 mins
Total Time
1 hr 40 mins
Servings:
16
Course:
Dessert, Snacks
Cuisine:
Chinese
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cup water divided
- 1 box 1 pound Koda Farms sweet rice flour
- 2 tablespoons canola oil or other mild flavored vegetable oil plus 1/2 teaspoon to oil a pie plate
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Notes
- For this recipe, it's important to be sure that your pot will be wide enough and tall enough to fit your cake pan or pie dish and have enough water in it to steam for 1 1/2 hours. Refer to my post about steaming tips.