New Year Sweet Rice Cake (红糖年糕)

The familiar image of a New Year Sweet Rice Cake (红糖年糕), or nian gao, is a welcome sight during Chinese New Year. Nian gao 年糕（高) symbolizes progress, advancement, and growth. Every family inevitably buys or makes this for their Chinese New Year celebration, in the hopes of having a better year ahead. It’s also a popular gift to give when visiting family and friends during the holiday.

Ingredients:

• Vegetable oil.
• Water.
• Ginger.
• Dark brown sugar.
• Allspice powder.
• Glutinous rice flour.
• Rice flour.
• Vanilla extract.
• Dark molasses.
• Orange zest.
• Dried dates.