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Nian gao
The Chinese New Year's
Cake.
There different types of cakes, some have dates,
some peanuts, ours is coated in sesame seeds.
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
Heat the brown sugar and the
vegetable oil together; stir constantly, until sugar melts.
Cool
slightly.
Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.
Stir cooled brown
sugar mixture into the flour.
Drop batter by the spoonful into a bowl of
sesame seeds.
Coat completely then place balls into a steamer.
Cover and
steam 50-60 minutes.
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