Today, we’re going to talk about how to make lotus seed paste for mooncakes, steamed buns, and other Chinese pastries. With the Mid-Autumn Festival (mooncake season) coming up, I thought I’d post a recipe for this delicious filling, so you can craft your own Chinese pastries at home! My favorite application? Lotus mooncakes! What Are
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Category Archive: ‘Desserts & Sweet Stuff’
Golden syrup isn’t an ingredient commonly used here in the U.S. However, it’s often essential to British cooking and baking, and it’s also used in some Chinese traditional desserts, like mooncakes. Golden syrup is extremely easy to make at home, requiring just 3 common ingredients (regular sugar, water, and lemon juice), and very little active
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Today, we’re sharing one of our favorite summer treats: peach squares. The recipe comes from our neighbor across the street, who shared her fruit square recipe with us years ago. We’ve been making it every summer since! A Welcome to the Neighborhood When we first moved to the neighborhood my parents still currently live in,
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This white sugar sponge cake recipe (白糖糕 – báitáng gāo in Mandarin or baak tong gou in Cantonese) has been a long time coming. We’ve received many requests for bai tang gao over the years! I apologize for making you all wait so long for this classic recipe. The suspense was definitely not intentional. It’s
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Mango Sago is a refreshing and satisfying summer dessert, with juicy chunks of mango and a mango/coconut milk tapioca pudding. The glug of heavenly condensed milk doesn’t hurt either! Inspired by Honeymoon Dessert This is another dessert copycat off the menu of famed Asian dessert chain, Honeymoon Dessert. (Though you may have seen mango sago
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Snow Fungus Soup with Pears (bīngtáng yín’ěr dùn xuělí, 冰糖银耳炖雪梨) is a Chinese dessert soup usually served on special occasions like Chinese New Year. Snow fungus is more expensive than the more common black wood ear fungus, making it a prized treat! When you hear the word “soup,” your mind might first jump to something
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Dairy-free cheesecake seems like an oxymoron, but we’ve figured out the formula! This version is a perfectly light, yet creamy cheesecake that serves as a great canvas for any fruit or chocolate toppings your heart desires. I have instructions in this recipe for how to top the cake with oranges and a delicious orange syrup,
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We love marshmallow treats, and these holiday marshmallow treats have become our entry for this year’s local neighborhood cookie exchange! Our history with marshmallow treats goes way back. My mom made rice krispie treats all the time when I was a kid, and we made them for Sarah and Kaitlin when they were young. Kaitlin
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