read + feed: blueberry mochi cake

a while back my mom's friend made us this really good mochi cake... i asked her for the recipe, but you know how korean moms are. their "recipes" call for things like "some flour" and "a couple of eggs...maybe more" and "enough sugar." so needless to say, my mochi cake was a disaster. it was bitter. it was only worthy of the trashcan.

flash forward 3 years.

i stumbled across this blog called the food librarian and discovered her blueberry mochi cake. super! what's good about the food librarian's recipe is that it comes from someone who knows about mochi. she has a lot of mochi recipes on her blog, and her recipes call for (yay!) exact measurements!

blueberry mochi cake

ingredients:
1 pound mochiko (1 box)
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup of milk
2 cups sugar (** see note)
1 can evaporated milk (12 oz can)
4 eggs
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons vanilla
frozen or fresh blueberries (**see note)

notes:
the recipe calls for 2 whopping cups of sugar. ask anyone who knows me. i love sugar and have no problem eating brownies that are so sweet they make your teeth hurt. but 2 cups of sugar?? i cut it down to 1 cup, and i'm glad i did. using 1 cup of sugar makes the cake have an "asian sweetness" (aka - subtly sweet which i think pairs well with the mochi).
the recipe also called for frozen blueberries which would be fine for the winter when blueberries aren't in season. but i made this in june when blueberries are wonderful and cheap, and the results were super.

how to:
combine the sugar and melted butter and mix by hand. add evaporated milk and regular milk and mix well (try to make sure that the sugar is completely dissolved). add the eggs and mix well. stir in vanilla, then baking powder, then mochiko.
spread a layer of batter on the bottom of a 9 x 13 pan (you may want to line with parchment paper depending on the type of pan). sprinkle some blueberries on top and repeat a few times. top everything with blueberries. bake for 1 hour at 350. it should be golden brown at the top, and a toothpick inserted in the middle should come out clean.