Classic Chinese New Year Food - Prosperity Cake
Ingredients:
Dry white rice - 4 oz (or 1/2 cup)
Luke warm water (90F) - 5 liquid oz (or 0.6 cup)
Brown sugar - 2 Tbsp
Low protein flour (cake flour) - 3 oz (or 6.5 Tbsp)
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Directions:
1. Rinse rice to clean. Pour some water over rice and let soak in room temperature for 3 hours.
2. Drain off the water. Put the soaked rice with lukewarm water and brown sugar in a blender. Puree to smooth.
3. Combine flour and baking powder with the rice milk in step 2 and stir well.
4. Pour and distribute the batter into 6 baking cups. Steam over high heat until the batter rises and splits open at the top (about 30 minutes).
Enjoy this delicious, auspicious, and healthy Prosperity Cake and have a prosperous Year of the Rat!
Published by Ronald C
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