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Cake Recipes

In China cakes or "gao" are normally steamed, as most homes don't have ovens. Here you'll find recipes for a New Years cake, sponge cake, and cakes made with jujubes, and almond.

Nian Gao - Chinese New Year Cake
Learn how to make this popular cake that is traditionally fed to the Chinese kitchen god just prior to the New Year season.

Sticky Cake (Steamed Chinese Fruit Cake)
This feature discusses the traditions surrounding Nian Gao, and provides several recipes, including an Inodnesian version made with palm sugar.

Baked Nian Gao Sticky Cake
Not comfortable with steaming a cake? In this recipe by Frances Kai-Hwa Wang the Nian Gao is baked instead.

Taro Root Cake
A popular New Years dish, this cake is made with taro root, chinese mushrooms, seafood, and rice flour. It comes from Grace Young's Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen, printed on the Epicurious site.

Water Chestnuts Cake
Made with water chestnut flour; includes a photo of the finished product. From China on Site.

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