Pronunciation
English Name

sweet rice cake

Cantonese (Traditional)

白糖糕

Mandarin (Pinyin)

bái táng gāo


Yale Romanization

baahk tòhng gōu

Character Breakdown

白糖 is white sugar ( is white and is sugar), and is cake, so 白糖糕 is white sugar cake.

sweet rice cake
About This Dish

This spongy cake is made from rice flour and sugar, fermented then steamed. Also known as steamed rice cake, white sugar sponge cake, fermented rice cake, or white honeycomb cake because of the air gaps within the cake.

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Yale:
baahk tòhng gōu