Baked Rice Cake

This rice cake is generally eaten in Asian countries during the DuanWu holiday, but it is also eaten at other holidays, birthdays, and everyday. Nien gow means sticky cake in Chinese.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 131 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¾ cup white sugar
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 2 ½ cups milk
• 1 (16 ounce) package glutinous sweet rice flour
• ¾ cup oil
• 1 (8 ounce) can sweetened red bean paste
• 1 tablespoon shredded coconut, or to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Mix rice flour, 1 cup coconut, sugar, and baking powder together in a bowl. Whisk milk, oil, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl; stir into flour mixture until well mixed. Fold red bean paste into rice mixture and pour into a 9x13-inch baking dish.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour. Cool at room temperature for 15 minutes before serving. Garnish with about 1 tablespoon coconut.