5 Recommendations for Chinese New Year Cakes and Their Philosophy
Chinese New Year celebrations are synonymous with various types of special Chinese food menus and various types of cakes. In the following, we have summarized several types of cakes that are synonymous with Chinese New Year celebrations as snacks with the family or to be served to guests.
1. Moon Cake
Moon cake (Chinese: 月餅, pinyin: yuèbǐng) is a traditional Chinese snack which is a mandatory dish at the Autumn Festival. But not infrequently this cake is also present at Chinese New Year celebrations to serve as a complement to celebrating Chinese New Year. Mooncakes have a thick and soft outer skin with a variety of sweet fillings inside.
2. Basket Cake
Basket cakes are also known as Nian Gao or in the Hokkian Ti Kwe dialect, which got the name from the print container in the shape of baskets. Basket cakes are cakes made from glutinous rice flour and sugar, and have a texture that is chewy and sticky.
Philosophically, kue basket is made from glutinous rice flour and has a sticky nature which means a very close and united brotherhood.
3. Cupcakes
Cupcakes are a type of cake that is usually served during Chinese New Year celebrations. As with basket cakes, cupcakes also come from the southern China region and are brought by traders to Indonesia. Cupcakes are familiar and liked by the people of Indonesia. Even the manufacture of cupcakes has been modified using Indonesian ingredients, namely tapai cassava as instant yeast. Which can make it more shiny and has a soft texture.
4. Legit Layer Cake
Lapis legit cake is a type of cake that is made of more than 18 layers made from various types of recipe and spice combinations. The lapis legit cake is actually the original heritage of the Indonesian people, in the past the community combined sponge recipes from the Dutch colonialists and combined them with native Indonesian spices so that they became the lapis legit cake recipe that we often encounter now.
5. Yusheng
Yu sheng is one of the foods in the form of a salad containing finely sliced vegetables such as carrots and radishes and is usually served with fresh fish or seaweed. Yuseng is a mandatory type of food that is usually served when celebrating the Chinese New Year as a complementary meal with the family.
Yu Sheng’s philosophy can be interpreted as increase and abundance, both wealth and luck. In terms of Chinese characters, yusheng can be interpreted as increase and abundance, both wealth and luck. It can be concluded that eating yusheng is the same as wishing the connoisseurs abundance and prosperity.
So, those are some recommendations for Chinese New Year cakes or snacks that are usually served by Chinese people to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Each region also usually has its own characteristics of what kind of food is usually served for both family and guests. You can also try to make your own list of cakes above to fill your activities at home and don’t forget to visit our site to get other interesting information by click here
