{"id":327,"date":"2014-07-31T22:09:31","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T05:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/?p=327"},"modified":"2014-07-31T22:09:31","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T05:09:31","slug":"blueberry-mochi-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/archives\/327","title":{"rendered":"Blueberry Mochi Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So apparently I&#8217;m way behind on my baking posts, since the recipe I&#8217;m posting today I first made over a year and a half ago. Since then, it seems it&#8217;s become my go-to recipe for gatherings, since it&#8217;s so easy to make and also such a crowd-pleaser.<\/p>\n<p>This uses <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mochiko\">mochiko<\/a>, or rice flour, which you can find in a lot of places, even Walmart. As a bonus, since it uses rice flour instead of regular flour, it&#8217;s gluten-free. Though not dairy-free, since there&#8217;s evaporated milk and a healthy dose of butter.<\/p>\n<p>No origin story this time. Maybe next time for strawberry mochi cake.<\/p>\n<p>I got the recipe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.closetcooking.com\/2009\/08\/blueberry-mochi-cake.html\">here<\/a>, though other versions also exist on the web.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evillemur\/8396717397\" title=\"IMG_6284 by evillemur, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8190\/8396717397_c8b3bbe7fd.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"IMG_6284\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Blueberry Mochi Cake<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 cup butter, melted<br \/>\n2 cups sugar<br \/>\n1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk<br \/>\n1 teaspoon vanilla extract<br \/>\n4 eggs<br \/>\n1 (1 pound) box mochiko<br \/>\n2 teaspoons baking powder<br \/>\n1 cup blueberries<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350F.<\/li>\n<li>Mix the melted butter and sugar together until well-blended.<\/li>\n<li>Add the evaporated milk and vanilla, and mix until combined.<\/li>\n<li>Add the eggs, and mix until combined.<\/li>\n<li>Add the mochiko and baking powder, and mix until combined.<\/li>\n<li>Fold the blueberries into the batter.<\/li>\n<li>Pour the batter into a greased 9&#215;13 baking pan.<\/li>\n<li>Bake at 350F for about an hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.<\/li>\n<li>Let cool in the pan before turning out the cake and cutting into pieces.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evillemur\/8397802564\" title=\"IMG_6280 by evillemur, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8336\/8397802564_dd5350d915.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"IMG_6280\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The batter. I love this recipe because you just mix everything together, very simple.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evillemur\/8396717025\" title=\"IMG_6281 by evillemur, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8220\/8396717025_643628c8b3.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"IMG_6281\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The batter poured into a 9&#215;13 pan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evillemur\/8396717211\" title=\"IMG_6282 by evillemur, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8225\/8396717211_9548519955.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"IMG_6282\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mine was done after 50 minutes. I neglected to take a picture of it before cutting it up, but here it is in 48 unequal pieces.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evillemur\/8396717397\" title=\"IMG_6284 by evillemur, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8190\/8396717397_c8b3bbe7fd.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"IMG_6284\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I like this mochi cake a lot because it has a nice chewy texture from the mochiko, along with the buttery taste of cake and the tart flavor of blueberries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So apparently I&#8217;m way behind on my baking posts, since the recipe I&#8217;m posting today I first made over a year and a half ago. Since then, it seems it&#8217;s become my go-to recipe for gatherings, since it&#8217;s so easy &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/archives\/327\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[38,349],"class_list":["post-327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baking","tag-blueberries","tag-mochi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}