Basket Cake, 5 years and you can still eat it

The original basket cake that last for 5 years. (Courtesy: infojajan.com)

Basket Cake or Nian Gao is a traditional snack made of glutinous flour and sugar. You can find it scattered all over Petak Sembilan especially during Imlek. Back in the past the Chinese made this cake as offering to God for the safety of their family. The round shape represent the unity of a family to welcome next year together as a family. The unique character about this cake is its period of time. you can keep the original leaf-wrapped basket cake for over 5 years, whereas the more modern plastic-wrapped cake only stay for 1 year. The price range for this cake is around 20k - 40k. There are many ways to enjoy it, mix it with sweet potato, dip it in coconut milk, wrapped it with egg then fried it, you choose.