Bánh bó
Bánh bó (lit. 'packed cake') is a pressed fruit cake from Quảng Ngãi Province, Vietnam.[1] It is also called bánh bó mứt - a pressed mochi cake with candied fruit.[2]
It is to be distinguished from bánh bò (lit. 'cow cake', but without meat) a chewy sponge cake. This also exists as a spongy fruit cake: bánh bò mứt (bánh măng).
References
[edit]- ^ Thanh Nien News - Sate your sweet tooth with bánh bó January 21, 2011 VN News mirror "Tet is the time of the year when sweet cakes are in abundance, and none is sweeter than bánh bó, a typical fruit cake from central provinces of Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh and Thua Thien-Hue. Bánh bó, which literally means “bundled cake,” is a slice of glutinous rice flour goodness speckled with candied fruits."
- ^ VCCorp.vn (2009-03-16). "Học làm bánh: Bánh bó mứt". Gia Dinh. Retrieved 2020-12-29.