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Type | Cake |
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Course | Dessert |
Place of origin | China |
Region or state | Guangdong |
Main ingredients | Red bean paste |
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Traditional Chinese | 紅豆糕 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 红豆糕 | ||||||||||
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Red bean cake is a type of Chinese cake with a sweetred bean paste filling. There are many regional varieties, includingTaiwanese versions.[1][2]
Cantonese-style red bean cake is made with hardenedred bean paste that has been frozen. The cake is sweetened and sprinkled withsesame seed. It is generally tough to bite, and is served as a square block. Depending on the particularregion within China, this may be seen as a year-roundsnack, or as a seasonalpastry consumed on certaintraditional Chinese holidays.