Nian gao is a traditional steamed sticky rice cake used to celebrate Lunar New Year, symbolizing growth and advancement. The classic version made with glutinous rice flour and brown sugar is a little ...

Niangao, steamed rice cake, and fagao, steamed sponge cake, are traditional desserts eaten around Chinese New Year in Pingtan. [Photos provided to China Daily] Niangao, steamed rice cake, and fagao, ...

As a child, I loved to sit next to the stove and watch my grandmother Paw Paw Hing cook. During Chinese New Year she would be busy making dozens of traditional new year cakes called Nein Gao. The ...

"Baking is where I feel most comfortable. One of my favorite baked goods is manju, a traditional Japanese steamed cake that’s typically filled with red bean paste. We make them a little different here ...

Edited version of a story first published Dec. 15, 2009: This old-fashioned charmer is from Heirloom Cooking with the Brass Sisters by Marilynn Brass & Sheila Brass (Black Dog & Leventhal, $29.95).

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Making even the simplest cakes can sometimes be fickle. Baking is a science, and not paying attention to details like measurements, rest times ...

A baked version of the traditional sticky Chinese New Year's cake made from glutinous rice flour, here topped with crunchy coconut, almonds, and sesame seeds. Evi Abeler is a New York City-based ...

Sometimes the best things are the simplest ones. It is a traditional steamed rice cake made in winters in several East Indian states like Bihar, Assam, Bengal, Orissa, and Eastern UP. Called by ...