Red bean cake

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A red bean cake is a type of Asian cake with a sweet red bean paste filling. It is made primarily with azuki beans, although azuki beans are not always used. The cake is made by forming balls of dough and filling them with anko (red bean paste) and then steaming the balls in a steamer or rice cooker.

[edit] Variants

There are plenty of other ways to make red bean cakes, most of which depend on what country they are being made in.

• Mizuyokan (Japan) - made without the outer shell of steamed dough, and instead of a paste, the mashed beans are mixed with gelatin, cooled for an extended period of time, and then cut into squares and served.