Red bean cake is a popular Asian dessert made with a filling of mashed azuki beans. It can be served on special occasions or as an everyday treat and is available in various forms in many Asian dessert shops. The beans are high in nutrients and fiber and can be boiled with sugar or honey to make the filling. The cake’s crust can be made with rice flour, wheat flour, or mixed flour and can be crispy, flaky, or steamed.
Red bean cake is an Asian cake that contains a red bean paste filling made from azuki beans; the red bean paste filling is also used to make red bean soups and other legume dishes. These cakes can be included in everyday meals or, as is the case with some varieties of mooncakes, can only be made on certain festive occasions. Different variations of these cakes are available in many Vietnamese, Filipino, Indonesian, Thai, Japanese and Chinese dessert shops.
The word azuki is Japanese; the beans are known as hongdou and chidou in China, pat in Korea and dau do in Vietnam. Adzuki beans and other legume dishes are often healthy, as the beans are high in nutrients and fiber and help keep the colon clean. Adzuki beans are also low in fat and have no cholesterol.
The filling for red bean pie is made by boiling and mashing azuki beans. The beans can be boiled with sugar or honey, or sugar or honey can be added after the beans have been boiled. Mashed bean paste may contain bits of beans, or these bits can be removed by straining the paste through a sieve. Red bean paste can be smooth or thick in texture; to get a very thick consistency, the paste is placed in cheesecloth and all the moisture in the paste is squeezed out.
The thicker red bean paste is the version that is typically used as a filling for red bean pie; a little water or gelatin may be added to thin the paste if necessary. It can also be used as a filling in red bean cake, and can also be used to make red bean soup. In some cases, red bean paste can be frozen before being used as a filling. Other ingredients for making red bean cake include baking soda, coconut powder, custard powder, eggs, sugar, salt, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, butter, and milk.
The outer crust of red bean pie can be made using rice flour, wheat flour, or mixed flour. The crust can be crispy, flaky, or steamed, and the top of the crust is often stamped with a design. It is customary to serve the cakes in squares or crescents.
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