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What is Chinese steamed brown sugar rice cake? Steamed rice cake is a traditional Chinese pastry made with rice, sugar, water and yeast for fermentation. This rice cake is usually made with granulated sugar and called white sugar rice cake (白糖糕 bai tang gao) but It was originally made using brown sugar before refined sugar is widely available.

Whether it is white sugar (refined) or brown sugar, the texture and honeycomb-like appearance on the inside is exactly the same. However, the taste is different as brown sugar has a molasses taste while white sugar has no molasses flavor in it.

This Chinese brown sugar rice cake recipe is sweet and simple to make, and it’s the perfect accompaniment to your morning coffee.

Chinese: 记忆中的清新美味-黄糖伦教糕

Steamed Brown Sugar Rice Cake

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Ingredients for steamed brown sugar rice cake:

  • 150 g white rice
  • 220 ml water
  • 70 g Light Brown Sugar
  • 20 g Brown Sugar
  • ½ tsp instant yeast
    (Yield: 400 ml rice batter)

How to Make Chinese Steamed Brown Sugar Rice Cake:

1 Wash and rinse 150g of white rice.

Steamed Brown Sugar Rice Cake
 

2 Soak the rice overnight or at least 12 hours in the refrigerator.

Steamed Brown Sugar Rice Cake

3 Prepare 220 ml of drinking water, set aside 1 tablespoon, you will use the water to dissolve yeast later.

Steamed Brown Sugar Rice Cake
 

4 Drain soaked rice and discard the water. Add in 60 ml of water and process the rice until fine using blender, it takes about 3 minutes using high speed.

Steamed Brown Sugar Rice Cake

5 Mix 70g Light brown sugar, 20g brown sugar and the remaining water, heat the mixture and stir until all sugar has completely dissolved, stop when the temperature reach about 70°C or small bubbles start appearing.

Steamed Brown Sugar Rice Cake

6 Mix hot sugar syrup and rice batter, stir and mix well.

Steamed Brown Sugar Rice Cake

7 Strain the rice mixture, place it in water bath to cool it to room temperature, about 30°C. If the mixture is too hot, you will damage or kill the yeast.

Steamed Brown Sugar Rice Cake

8 Add instant yeast to 1 Tbsp of water set aside earlier, stir until fully dissolved. Add to cooled rice mixture, mix well. Make sure the rice-sugar mixture is cool completely before adding the dissolved yeast.

Steamed Brown Sugar Rice Cake

9 Proof the mixture for 3 to 3 ½ hours in microwave oven or oven with 1 cup of hot water in it. This helps speeding up the fermentation process.

Steamed Brown Sugar Rice Cake

10 Oil the cake mold (8 inch, 20.5cm) and steam for 16 minutes over medium heat. Stir the mixture before pouring in the mold. Note: Steam with bamboo steamer as the bamboo cover will absorb the steam. Cover the lid by tying with a piece of cloth if it is made with other material. If water droplets condense on the lid and drop onto the cake, it would make the rice cake soggy.

Steamed Brown Sugar Rice Cake

11 Cool the cake before unmolding; this traditional steamed rice cake is normally served during breakfast.

Steamed Brown Sugar Rice Cake

Steamed Brown Sugar Rice Cake

Super Easy Steamed Brown Sugar Rice Cake Recipe

Chinese steamed rice cake is usually made with granulated sugar and called white sugar rice cake (白糖糕 bai tang gao) but It was originally made using brown sugar before refined sugar is widely available.

Rate

5 from 4 votes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Proofing time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 40 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 6 large pieces
Calories 152 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 150 g white rice
  • 220 ml water
  • 70 g Light Brown Sugar
  • 20 g Brown Sugar
  • ½ tsp instant yeast

Instructions
 

  • Wash and rinse 150 g of white rice.
    Steamed Brown Sugar Rice Cake
  • Soak the rice overnight or at least 12 hours in the refrigerator.
    Steamed Brown Sugar Rice Cake
  • Prepare 220 ml of drinking water, set aside 1 tablespoon, you will use the water to dissolve yeast later. Drain soaked rice and discard the water. Add in 60ml of water and process the rice until fine using blender, it takes about 3 minutes using high speed.
    Steamed Brown Sugar Rice Cake
  • Mix 70 g light brown sugar, 20 g brown sugar and the remaining water, heat the mixture and stir until all sugar has completely dissolved, stop when the temperature reach about 70°C or small bubbles start appearing.
    Steamed Brown Sugar Rice Cake
  • Mix hot sugar syrup and rice batter, stir and mix well.
    Steamed Brown Sugar Rice Cake
  • Strain the rice mixture, place it in water bath to cool it to room temperature, about 30°C. If the mixture is too hot, you will damage or kill the yeast.
    Steamed Brown Sugar Rice Cake
  • Add instant yeast to 1 Tbsp of water set aside earlier, stir until fully dissolved. Add to cooled rice mixture, mix well. Make sure the rice-sugar mixture is cool completely before adding the dissolved yeast.
    Steamed Brown Sugar Rice Cake
  • Proof the mixture for 3 to 3 ½ hours in microwave oven or oven with 1 cup of hot water in it. This helps speeding up the fermentation process.
    Steamed Brown Sugar Rice Cake
  • Oil the cake mold (8 inch, 20.5cm) and steam for 16 minutes over medium heat. Stir the mixture before pouring in the mold. Note: Steam with bamboo steamer as the bamboo cover will absorb the steam. Cover the lid by tying with a piece of cloth if it is made with other material. If water droplets condense on the lid and drop onto the cake, it would make the rice cake soggy.
    Steamed Brown Sugar Rice Cake
  • Cool the cake before unmolding; this traditional steamed rice cake is normally served during breakfast
    Steamed Brown Sugar Rice Cake

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Nutrition (per serving)

Calories: 152kcalCarbohydrates: 35gProtein: 2gFat: 0.2gSaturated Fat: 0.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.05gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.1gSodium: 8mgPotassium: 58mgFiber: 1gSugar: 15gVitamin C: 0.003mgCalcium: 21mgIron: 0.3mg
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