Mochiko Cake with your favorite berries

There was a description of comparison that I learned from a Japanese children's book. When something is delicious, you may say, "It's so yummy in my mouth that my blushing cheeks dropped!"

That is exactly the description I would use for this gluten-free cake. My friends are divided into two groups when tasting it: those who like the gummy chewy center and those who like the savory sweet crust, so I chose to bake it in muffin pans and it turn out perfectly fine to fill two muffin pans.

If you like berries and would want the cake to be more colorful, just drop and distribute one half-pint container of either raspberries, blueberries, or blackberries. One thing I noticed, the berries are better toned when frozen before use.

Step 1 Prepare the ingredients

Have these at the ready:

2-14 oz cans of coconut milk
2 1/2 cups cane sugar
5 eggs
1 box mochiko powder
2 teaspoons aluminum-free baking powder
1/4 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
1 teaspoon pure vanilla
1/2 stick butter, melted in the microwave for 45 seconds
1 half-pint berries, frozen at least overnight

Comments

[darkdragon]

If in the UK you can replace mochiko powder
with
http://www.hollandandbarrett.com/pages/product_detail.asp?pid=3106&prodid=3684&cid=423&sid=0&afid=70&safid=AG&scid=14581&cm_mmc=Aggregates-_-Comparisons-_-GoogleProducts-_-HBMVPCGP&of_tid=R9kgLrmbkR2RaFaXNLKAbHZYzu1mcpe3WG4SWKvmOs2IJ3ehLELGqGmDf0GVvzi_

These cakes are great. Thanks you so much

[Night910]

Do you have any tips for making this vegan?

[c_bluesky]

The vegan version of the batter is really an eggless dough without butter. Is that what you mean?

[Night910]

Um, I mean like what could I use as a substitute for the eggs and butter? Because I've tried baking with substitutes before, but it didn't come out quite right.

[cowscankill]

I love cake! But I don't konw what mochiko powder is either. Is there a substitute for it?

[c_bluesky]

Yes, you may pulverize short grain sweet rice in the food processor to yield 16 oz of mochiko. I hope this answer helps.

[cowscankill]

Awesome! So these are like sweet rice cakes? I gotta try one some time!

[Molten Boron]

GLUTEN FREE!!!!!!!11

Do you also know people who have decided that gluten is bad for them even though they don't have celiac disease?

[c_bluesky]

I do, but I tend to think gluten is bad only when there is a preceding condition. As always, everything in moderation is the policy. I'm not at all anti-gluten, I just happen to believe that if you want better things, don't buy it, make it yourself so you know for sure what's in it.

[Molten Boron]

Yeah!
Power to the people!
Incidentally, you can buy bags of gluten at the store.
Just in case you were wondering about what prank to play on your paranoid friends.

[Ninzerbean]

I love your 'ible and can't stop laughing at the quote - are people stunned when they eat one? Is that what it means?

[c_bluesky]

It was a long time ago that I learned the quote; if you speak Japanese, it ends with "...watashi no hoppeta ga ochita.." I remember it is from a book called Mochi Mochi no Ki (The Mochi Tree). My teacher told me that when you start chewing it, it's like an AHa! moment when you realize that something that chewy and gummy can taste so good that your cheeks act independently as if they should have acquired their own taste sensory apparatus.

[Ninzerbean]

 How wonderful!

[ChrysN]

These look really delicious, but I don't know what mochiko powder is, is that like rice flour?

[c_bluesky]

Mochiko is sweet rice flour. Each box contains 16 oz of powdered short grain sweet rice. The brand marketed in the Twin Cities area is manufactured by Koda Farms in California. Asian grocery stores such as United Noodles and Dong Yang carry them. If you prefer to purchase online, Koda Farms has a website and Amazon has it on grocery category by the dozen.

I hope that helps.

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[c_bluesky]

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[ChrysN]

Thanks!