{"id":11470,"date":"2019-12-24T17:47:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T12:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fnp.sg\/blog\/?p=11470"},"modified":"2019-12-26T17:53:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T12:23:47","slug":"recipe-of-nian-gao-the-traditional-chinese-new-year-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fnp.sg\/blog\/recipe-of-nian-gao-the-traditional-chinese-new-year-cake","title":{"rendered":"Recipe of Nian gao- The Traditional Chinese New Year Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fnp.sg\/blog\/recipe-of-nian-gao-the-traditional-chinese-new-year-cake\/#Ingredients\" >Ingredients:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fnp.sg\/blog\/recipe-of-nian-gao-the-traditional-chinese-new-year-cake\/#Process_to_make_Nian_gao\" >Process to make Nian gao<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>Chinese New Year is the upcoming big festival in Singapore. Like all other festive moments, food plays a major role in this festival too. Nian gao is the traditional <a href=\"\/cakes\/chinese-new-year\">Chinese New Year cake<\/a> that is made with rice flour and unlike other modern types of cakes, it is a steamed one. But many modern bakers have introduced baked versions too.<\/p>\n<p>Those who don\u2019t have a microwave can opt for the steaming method. For that, you need to simply prepare the batter (as mentioned below) and place it inside a bamboo steamer where you have to let it steam for 3 hours minimum. Thus, you need to keep on adding hot water every hour so that the cake batter is properly steamed.<\/p>\n<p>These days, most people don\u2019t have that much time and thus here is the microwave recipe of Nian gao that will save your time.<\/p>\n<p>Read below the recipe of Nian gao- the sweet and traditional cake for Chinese New Year.<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ingredients\"><\/span><strong><u>Ingredients:<\/u><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Unsalted Butter- 3 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Sweet rice mochiko flour- 1 pound or 3 cups<\/li>\n<li>Eggs- 4 large<\/li>\n<li>Whole milk- 3 cups<\/li>\n<li>Granulated sugar- 2 and a half cups<\/li>\n<li>Toasted Almond slices- 2 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Toasted Sesame seeds- 2 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Toasted coconut (sweetened)- 2 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Chinese red dates- 1 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Almond extract- 1 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Table salt- 1\/4th tsp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Process_to_make_Nian_gao\"><\/span><strong><u>Process to make Nian gao<\/u><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>First of all, pre-heat the oven for at least half an hour to 325 degree Celsius<\/li>\n<li>Butter a 9-inch round cake pan<\/li>\n<li>Take a large bowl and whisk the eggs one by one<\/li>\n<li>Then in that egg mixture add flour, melted butter, granulated sugar, milk, salt, and almond extract<\/li>\n<li>Keep on whisking until you receive a smooth batter<\/li>\n<li>Now pour this already tempting mixture into a 9-inch round pan<\/li>\n<li>Tap the pan so that no air bubbles are left<\/li>\n<li>Now, place this pan in the oven<\/li>\n<li>Bake exactly for 30 minutes in the pre-heated oven<\/li>\n<li>Now, take the cake out once and sprinkle toasted almond, sesame seeds, Chinese red dates, and coconut on top of the cake<\/li>\n<li>Insert the cake pan again and bake for another 25 minutes until you get the shining golden brown colour<\/li>\n<li>Remove the cake from the pan carefully and let it cool for 15-20 minutes before cutting and serving<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hope this easy and simple recipe of Nian gao- the traditional Chinese New Year cake will help you create many sweet memories on your table this year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese New Year is the upcoming big festival in Singapore. Like all other festive moments, food plays a major role in this festival too. Nian gao is the traditional Chinese New Year cake that is made with rice flour and unlike other modern types of cakes, it is a steamed one. 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