Comments on: Chinese Steamed Cupcakes – Faat Go/Prosperity Cakes

By: Epoh4

Epoh4 — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 05:49:28 +0000

Just did a search and found your recipe and pictures. Thank you! It looks wonderful.

After two years of BAD store bought Fat Gao (looked nice, but tasted awful) from NYC’s Chinatown, I was frustrated and just saying to my mom I wish we could make our own – no food coloring, fresh and made with care! But she did not have a recipe – and her friends all would have “a little of this, and some of that” kinds of recipe, which this ABC could not understand of course!

Fat Gao is one of my favorite things for the New Year. I LOVE having them (steamed hot again) with tangerine or orange slices and jasmine tea! The best flavor combination! Thanks again!

By: veronica

veronica — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 02:06:31 +0000

This is the worst recipe I have ever given but the faat go came out pretty. I have wasted a fresh pound of rice flour. The ratio is one teaspoon to 1 pound of rice flour and the water should be half cup not whole cup.

By: Daisy

Daisy — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:06:48 +0000

thanks for the recipe this as close to the recipe to my mom’s fatt goh as i can find. she had used vinegar though instead of baking powder and the other ingredients are the same (rice flour, brown sugar sticks, and water” unfortunately i forgot to write it down have you ever heard of a version of this recipe using vinegar?

By: lily jerome

lily jerome — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:42:30 +0000

I live in North Carolina We don’t have the wet rice flour What can I substitute with in place of the wet rice flour Please give me a reply I really want to make this

By: pastreeBoi

pastreeBoi — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:43:58 +0000

Thanks for the FatGao recipe. I made them today as Offerings for a Buddhist Feast Day.Would you have the recipe for the steamed Jelly Like 9 layer cake?Also, I am looking for what I guess we can call Old Country or Homestyle Recipes. All and any would be most appreciated! Thanks and The photos motivated my need to make the Fat Gao (Flourishing Cupcakes).

By: Chinese New Year Cake – Neen Go : Finechinagirl

Chinese New Year Cake – Neen Go : Finechinagirl — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:37:06 +0000

[...] have before the starting of the lunar new year. There are so many other delicious cakes, like the prosperity cupcakes, but none of them are as important as this neen [...]

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:07:03 +0000

Thank you, thank you for putting all this together. My grandma used to make this but my mom never learned. I have been badgering my mom’s friends to teach me. LOL. This is awesome. Thanks again.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:45:36 +0000

Thank you for posting this detailed recipe & the great pic’s ! Just in time for Chinese New Year !

By: Janine

Janine — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:57:24 +0000

You are awesome. Thanks so much for the updates and the pictures. My dad actually grew up with the owner of Fong Inn. Small world.

By: finechinagirl

finechinagirl — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:42:56 +0000

Hi Janine! I apologize for the typo! What I meant was that my mother doesn’t use a hand mixer to mix the batter. I have updated my post to make it clearer!

I will go out to Chinatown soon to take a picture of this wet rice flour. If I can, I will try to take pictures of the other ingredients as well! Thanks!

-FCG