Nian Gao is one of the famous dessert for Chinese New Year. It translates to, in the proper sense, "sticky cake". Also, the use of homonyms, it means "year high" to describe "prosperity every year".

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Name: Chinese New Year Cake - Nian Gao
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 4 slabs brown candy sugar; 2 cups Water; 1 lb glutinous rice flour; 1 vegetable oil to brush; 5 red dates cut in half

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INGREDIENTS

4 slabs brown candy sugar
2 cups Water
1 lb glutinous rice flour
1 vegetable oil to brush
5 red dates ; cut in half

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INSTRUCTIONS

1. Melt brown candy sugar in water over low heat. Cool the syrup for 15 mins.

2. Mix in gradually glutinous rice flour into syrup. This is a very thick batter.

3. Lightly oil an 8-inch shallow baking tin. Pour batter into tin and top with red dates.

4. Steam for 40 mins until the edges pull away from the tin. Remove cake and cool.

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Serving Size: 1 Serving (58g)
Recipe Makes: 12 Servings

Calories: 0
Calories from Fat: 0 (NaN%)

Amt Per Serving		% DV

	Total Fat 0g	0 %
	Saturated Fat 0g	0 %
	Monounsaturated Fat 0g
	Polyunsanturated Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg		0 %
Sodium 0.6mg		0 %
Potassium 0.2mg		0 %
Total Carbohydrate 0g		0 %
	Dietary Fiber 0g	0 %
	Sugars, other 0g
Protein 0g		0 %
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