GyeongDan is a traditional Korean dessert. This type of GyeongDan is a modernized sticky rice cake. Traditionally, you would cover the sticky rice cakes with mung bean crumbs, black sesame seeds, soybean powder, or something similar. However, this modern style sticky rice cake uses cake crumbs with honey and walnuts. If you don’t like soybean powder or black sesame seeds much, like me, you will like this one. Since the honey and cake crumbs are sweet, you may not need sugar in the batter, but If you like sweet food, you can add 2 Tbsp of sugar in the batter.
Yield: 1 Dozen
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Video Instructions
Main Ingredients
- 1 Cup Sweet Rice Flour
- 1 Cup Water
- 2 Tbsp Sugar (Optional)
- ½ tsp Salt
- ⅓ Cup Walnuts
- ½ Yellow Cake (13×9 Inch Pan)
- ⅓ Cup Honey
Directions
In a bowl, mix 1 cup of sweet rice flour, ½ tsp of salt, and 2 Tbsp of sugar. Depending on your tastes, you can skip the sugar.
Add 1 cup of water.
Stir it well enough to make the batter as in the picture.
Cover it with plastic wrap.
Cook it in the microwave for 3 to 6 minutes. According to the power of your microwave, it will take longer or shorter. It took 3 minutes for my microwave with full power.
Mean while crush ⅓ of a cup of walnuts into quarter inch pieces. Use a sandwich bag and knife to crush the walnuts easily and cleanly.
When the batter becomes like the dough in the picture, it is done.
Knead the dough with a fork for at least 5 minutes.
Bake 1 yellow cake box mix. You will need half of the cake. Remove the brown parts of the cake with a knife.
Make cake crumbs with your fingers.
Add the chopped walnuts to the dough. Mix it gently so that the walnut pieces will not become too small.
In a small bowl, mix 1 cup of water and 1 pinch of salt. The salt water will help you work with the sticky rice cakes. Get some water on your hands before you touch the sticky rice dough.
Take a small ball of sticky rice cake dough, and make it into the shape of a ball.
Roll the rice cake ball on the honey.
Then roll it in the cake crumbs.
This will not taste good the next day, so I recommend that you eat this right after you make it. If the recipe is too much for you, cut the recipe half. Enjoy! 😀
Wow! i guess it must be very delicious… i also want to learn it. are you from korea?
Hi, yanxc ^^
Yes, I’m from Korea. It’s not that difficult to make it, isn’t it? so try it someday !!! 😀 Thanks for comment !!
Ahhh this is so delicious!!!!!!!!!!! i want to make it!!!!!!!!!!
Hi, ChuiYew
Ya !!! Your comment works this time..hehe thank you !!!!
You always do such a great job cooking! I love your recipes!! ^_^
Hi, Sua ^^
Nice to meet you !!
Thanks for your kind comment. Enjoy Korean food..hehe Good night. 😀
i just tried it recently. it was quite good 🙂 i think it tastes the best if you add the sugar. well for me 😀 its definately easy to make. i recommend this for those who just wants something to eat within minutes. 🙂 i made this 2x because i end up shoving it in my mouth after i roll in in to the crumbs :))
two thumbs up for you and for this recipe!! ^^ ♥
hi rarara,
haha.. it was real review.. thanks 😀 very happy about your result.. thanks
Hi again Aeri..Sorry to Bother you But i just wanna ask you if there is Grated cassava here in korea?!?
hi Jing Yerkic,
Sorry.. I didn’t know what is cassava.. so I researched it.. I think we don’t have that in Korean cuisine..but nowdays.. there are many foreigners from different country are living in Korea.. so If you are in Seoul.. maybe you can visit big market for western food in Korea. sorry for poor answer..
Just tried the recipe and I love it. It is my first attempt and the only problem that I had was the dough kind of spreads out if you leave it on a plate too long. Maybe I didn’t kneed the batter long enough?? It sure was sticky and almost like rubber. I guess now I know why they cram them into those little containers in the store. kekeke ^.^ For a first timer I didn’t do too bad. Any tips?? Thanks again.
A Texas Girl with a Heart for Korea
hi Amy,
Yep..it suppose to be sticky. Your batter must be a little runny.. reduce either the amount of water.. or increase a little bit of sweet rice flour.. and yes.. knead the dough enough to get the right texture.. and the more you cook in the microwave.. the thicker the texture get.. so think of that part too. 🙂
Can you use something else than honey
hi Dashon,
What do you want to use instead ??? sugar syrup ?? maple syrup ??
Corn syrup
hi again aeri ! i was wondering can i just use rice flour instead of sweet rice flour?
hi Ayame,
Then the texture and taste will not be the same. For this food, you want sweet rice flour for chewy, soft texture. You can try it with rice flour.. I’m just telling, it will be different result. but it can be still good that way depending on your taste. Thanks 🙂
Hello 😛 ,
Where i live i can’t buy rice flouwer 🙁 , can i use other flower for this ?
Thx
Isabel
hi Isabel,
Oh.. sorry but for this dish, you need sweet rice flour.. maybe you can try other Korean dessert instead..
Looking at your recipe, I remember my favorite aunt making rice cake like this but she used a different kind of cake but I don’t know what it was called. It was denser and not as sweet as Western cakes. I also remember a sticky, sweet rice cake that had fruit (raisins, I think) mixed into it. Do you have a recipe for that? It was store bought so I never got to see it made.
hi Teresa,
About your request.. that rice cake was white color ?? chewy but fluffy ??? what else it had in it ?? since there are so many different kinds of rice cakes in Korea.. i want to know more detail about what you want.. thanks
Hi Aeri Eonni!!
I really love your recipe..
I really want to make this recipe but i dont have a microwave oven. I remember you suggested to other people to use double boiler. but can you tell me how long should I cook if I use double boiler?? thanks 😀
hi Michelle,
since double boiler is not that high heat..it will take much longer than microwave.. just cook until the batter turn to sticky dough.. as you see in my video..how the rice cake texture should be.. thanks
Hello! I just made these earlier today and they taste so delicious! It’s not too sweet so it’s not overwhelming to eat more than one, thanks so much for the recipe! Definitely remaking again soon~ 🙂
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Hi shineegirl,
Nice smile ~~~ 😀