Ang Ku Kueh (Red Tortoise Cake) - A Special Recipe

Soft and chewy traditional chinese cake with sweet mung beans filling

Ang Ku Kueh which translates to red tortoise cake is a type of chinese cake that is considered an auspicious item as it symbolizes longevity and prosperity. These kuehs and red eggs are usually served at special occassions typically, full moon of newborns, important birthdays as well as prepared as offerings to deities during Chinese New Year and "bai thee kong" (prayers during the Jade Emperor's birthday which falls on the 9th day of the first lunar month). 


You don't necessarily have to wait for a celebration to have these delicious cakes. My mum used to buy ang ku kueh for us when we accompanied her to the market and I've been a big fan of ang ku kueh ever since. 

Red Bean Paste Pau (Tau Sar Pau)

White fluffy paus with sweet red bean filling

I love having pau especially sweet filling pau with a cup of unsweetened tea for breakfast. Most of the time my family would get pau from chinese kopitiam (coffee shop) which are kept in large portable gas steamer but those pau are not made in house, most are mass-produced in a factory and distributed to various kopitiams in the city.


I was at the baking section of the supermarket and saw some pau flour. My mum has never made pau before even though they are a favourite in the family. Without any idea and recipe on how to make pau, I got a box of pau flour and some organic red beans home.

Ma Lai Gou (Steamed Malay Cake)

Spongy and light steamed cake

Have you ever felt the sudden urge to make a cake and you really need to just execute it otherwise you know you'll be bothered until you do?


That happened to me yesterday night. Even though it was a work day I somehow felt I needed to try the recipes I gathered from the internet otherwise my day will be wasted by not doing what I really want to do and I won't get that day back. Time is passing and if you don't do what you want to do at that point in time, you'll never get back the time. You get the drift.