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黑糖糕

hēitánggāo
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

一块黑糖糕 kuài

Meanings

  1. 1 brown sugar cake

About the dish

台湾菜 Taiwan · 甜品 Dessert

A soft, springy steamed cake of flour and dark brown sugar, sprinkled with sesame seeds and cut into squares. Chewy, sweet and caramel-like. A specialty of Penghu in Taiwan.

Usually contains sesame and wheat

Examples

HSK 7-9
黑糖糕是用黑糖和面粉蒸成的，上面撒着芝麻。
Hēitánggāo shì yòng hēitáng hé miànfěn zhēngchéng de, shàngmian sǎ zhe zhīma.
Brown sugar cake is steamed from brown sugar and flour, with sesame seeds sprinkled on top.
HSK 7-9
澎湖的黑糖糕刚蒸好的时候最软。
Pénghú de hēitánggāo gāng zhēnghǎo de shíhou zuì ruǎn.
Penghu's brown sugar cake is softest right after it has been steamed.

Tips

usage
黑糖 "black sugar" is the usual word in Taiwan for dark unrefined cane sugar. On the mainland it is more often called 红糖.

Stroke Order

黑 hēi
糖 táng
糕 gāo