Mochi cake is a Hawaiian/Japanese-American rice cake made with sweet rice flour. It is often made with red bean paste, but I used purple yam jam for my Filipino family. The cake was lighter than the one with red bean paste, and the family loved it!

Trivia: Ube halaya or halayang ube is a Philippine dessert made from boiled and mashed purple yam. Good Shepherds in Baguio, Northern Luzon part of the Philippines, makes the best Ube Halaya! You can use it for pastries and cake flavours.This is my first time to do frosting and rosette swirls :). some wants the custard on top of the cake, but in this recipe I want to make use of the Ube Halaya as frosting so I put the custard sandwiched between the cake 😊.used hand whiskers here. (Took me 30 minutes to come up with sturdy peaks 😜) #purpleyamcake #ubehalaya #filipinofoodseries #asiancuisine

When it comes winter, my hobby is sitting near the window, watching snow fall, having cup of coffee and eating this cake💟

A very simple one bowl recipe. The texture is more like a flan. Be sure to use the vanilla bean and not vanilla extract, it makes all the difference

Besides its amazingly delicious street food, Indonesia 🇮🇩 is also popular for its traditional desserts. They are mostly made of rice flour, tapioca flour, sago flour, coconut milk, coconut sugar, grated coconut, mung beans, cassavas, sweet potatoes, and bananas. This Purple Sweet Potato Steamed Talam Cake is one of them. It’s one of my childhood favorite cakes 😋 I ate this cake almost every day and never got bored of it 😁If you like my recipes, please follow my Instagram @jenscookingdiary @jenscookdineandtravel

My husband fell in love with this cake so I have make this for many times, my friends loves it too,I promise you will never regret making this ;-)

As far as I can remember, my aunt's mother, or uncle's mother-in-law, makes the best yam cake (pardon on the family tree complication, LOL!). It is like I'd died and gone to heaven with every bite. The texture is very smooth with a pack full of flavors, unlike those commercial factory made ones. I tried to replicate her yam cake but no where near her standards.Perhaps, I do prefer my yam cake to have more bite which is why I chose to dice the yam finely rather than puree it. I also added a secret ingredient which adds another funky tone to the flavors. Well, it isn't a secret anymore as I am sharing this recipe with you fine. Dried scallops! I am not sure about this claim, but traditionally a Chinese sausage is usually used. I personally do not like the smell nor the taste of a Chinese sausage tho, which led me to choose an alternative (dried scallops) instead. Little did I know, that alternative is the game changer.I do not know the origins of this cake tho. It is largely available in any Chinese dim sum eateries and rumors have it that every single eatery in Hong Kong has each's unique style of making, some are semi-crunchy and some are, like this recipe, steamed for a period of time. Guess you have to find your own preference of yam cake. Without much delay, let's get started with the recipe.

A traditional dish that's easy to make; a favorite for taro lovers. When you lift the lid, the aroma of taro fills the air and really whets your appetite!

very nice and soft cake

This is my first time to make this.