Amazing Chinese New Year Cakes and Desserts Ideas
Gifting is a Chinese practice that entails passing on one's well wishes to one another. You may now send these luxury CNY gift box, homemade cakes and desserts to your family, friends, coworkers, clients, or even your boss. Aside from cookies and pastries, cakes play an important role in ringing in the new year. From the most traditional, such as steamed nian gao, to the most modern, such as baked nian gao, and everything in between, there's something for everyone. With the new year just around the corner, here are some common (and some new) Chinese New Year cakes and desserts ideas. Nian Gao: The Ultimate Traditional Embodiment Nian gao, or 'year cake,' is a sticky rice cake that symbolizes prosperity; the words 'nian gao' sound like 'rising higher year on year,' so it depicts growing taller each year. The Chinese word nian, which means 'sticky,' sounds similar to the word 'year,' while the word 'gao,' which means 'cake,