Chinese Steamed Rice Flour Cake

I grew up eating this chinese steamed rice cake for breakfast and for that reason it s such a nostalgic treat for me to have.

Chinese steamed rice flour cake. Chinese steamed rice cake is nostalgic. Add butter coconut milk egg and water and mix all of the ingredients thoroughly with a wooden spoon or whisk. 2 cup warm water. There are two types of chinese steamed rice cake one is made from pure rice flour with large spongy like holes and the other one is made with rice flour and plain flour with small holes.

The texture of this steamed cake is spongy slightly chewy and moist. I actually used to have to fight brother deer for it because mother deer would only buy one slice from the bakery and expect us to share it between the two of us. Pour the hot syrup into the rice flour mixture very slowly and stir it constantly to prevent lumps. This is so soft and taste amazing.

1 bag rice flour 3 1 2 cups rice flour. Although the ingredients are similar the two types of steamed rice cakes are different. Chinese steamed rice cake bai tang gao china sichuan food yeast oil warm water sugar water rice flour another singapore malaysia hawker food chwee kueh or steamed rice cake with preserved radish guai shu shu. The cake is sweet and sometime slightly sour in taste due to fermentation of rice batter.

Rice flour sugar and yeast are the only ingredients you need to make bai tang gao 白糖糕 or chinese steamed rice cake. This will ensure that the rice flour and water are mixed well until smooth. If you want to make puto or a filipino steamed rice cake start by sifting together your rice flour sugar and baking powder into a bowl. Easy chinese steamed rice cake which needs just rice and yeast.

Chinese steamed rice cake or called white sugar rice cake 白糖糕 bai tang gao is a traditional chinese pastry.