This glutinous yellow rice and date cake is the sweetest New Year memory of my childhood.

Remember the days of making steamed date cakes with your grandmother as a child? The sticky yellow rice flour that made your teeth stick, the sweet red date paste that sizzled deep inside…

This time, I found an auntie who still makes traditional yellow rice date cakes. She said that fewer and fewer young people know how to make them these days. Watching her skillfully spread the dough and sprinkle the dates was like stepping back in time.

This pure, old-fashioned flavor, free of complex additives, is simply the fragrant grain of yellow rice and the natural sweetness of the red dates. It not only warms the stomach but also soothes homesick hearts.