I’m cutting it pretty close to Chinese New Year, but January has totally gotten away from be. Basically I blinked and we’re in February and another year on the lunar calendar. I don’t do a lot of Chinese cooking, but I do love to incorporate Chinese/asian flavors into my bakes. This is not really one of those times. This is straight up steamed cakes from my childhood and I’m sure from many of my Chinese readers. When Chinese New Year rolls around, our parents make dishes and dishes of food that symbolize luck, health and wealth for the upcoming year. It’s as if eating these good luck foods would in turn bring you good luck. In Chinese these little cakes are called Fat Goh, Wealth cakes. It’s a play on words because the word “Fat” means both wealth and expansion- which is exactly what these cakes do when steamed. They expand and nearly explode out off their little cups! It makes for an adorable presentation, not to mention super yummy! Lets let the wealth expand around us with these Chinese New Year Steamed Brown Sugar Cakes!