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bleupapillon in food_porn

Paper Cake

Jun 04, 2007 12:29

There is this cake I got from an asian bakery and it's really good. It's light and sweet but not overly sweet. They called it paper cake. It's very light weight. I googled it looked and looked could not find a thing ( Read more... )

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meijhen June 4 2007, 17:25:18 UTC

Ooooooo, now I'm seriously craving Chinese pastries. And the Asian area (where the best bakeries are!) is almost an hour away :(

antikythera June 4 2007, 17:55:26 UTC

Eeee, thank you. Now I have names for them all. Although I probably can't pronounce jian dou properly and will revert to calling it 'gummy rice thing with sesame seeds'.

My other favourite is the 'wife cake'. I've never heard that name before. They just call it a wintermelon crisp here. ^^ Love it.

vivaglam June 4 2007, 19:08:35 UTC

Heh, it's actually a little wrong. it should be jin dou, and it's said, "gin d'oh". kinda like that. emphasis on the gin.

There are also a buncha variations on it. there's the 'lao bo bing' (pronunciation: lah-ow b-aw bing, like chandler bing) which translates literally to 'old wife biscuit'. i think that's the one you're referring to? a flaky little thing with lotus seed paste inside? It's one of my favorites.

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eri_chan June 4 2007, 17:54:28 UTC

Maybe a crepe cake? I've seen people make cakes by making a batch of crepes, layering them with a filling (usually some sort of ganache but if you want something light you could probably use something like a whipped cream) and frosting it like a regular cake. If you're getting it from an asian bakery it probably uses something different than crepes, but the effect would probably be similar.

eri_chan June 4 2007, 17:56:12 UTC

ok now that i see that wikipedia page i think this might actually be what you're talking about?

:) bleupapillon June 4 2007, 21:20:08 UTC

I think this IS it!! However there is no recipe on the page....The cake was yellow as the Wikipedia page shows.

clumsy_kitten June 4 2007, 21:02:36 UTC

A chiffon cake?

maybe.... bleupapillon June 4 2007, 21:12:54 UTC

I was thinking the same thing or maybe even Genoise cake. I dunno though...I know it does have lots of eggs I could tell :)

ankie June 4 2007, 21:50:30 UTC

Hmm it looks familiar, I think I might have seen it at local asian food stores. I'll take a look for you tomorrow :)

katsie June 4 2007, 21:53:21 UTC

This - http://www.recipezaar.com/109044 - seems like it might be what you're looking for. It's a paper lined sponge cake recipe.

Hope it helps!