Mochiko cake is my mom’s go to cake to make for special occasions or parties. It’s so renown in her circle of friends and with family, that it’s just a given that she will come with this cake. Don’t even ask who makes the best dessert–my mom’s mochiko cake or my dad’s biko. Our friends and family may actually have a hard time deciding!!!
If you’ve never had mochiko cake before, it is a dense coconut cake made with sweet rice flour or mochiko. For anyone who has celiac disease, this is definitely a great cake for you to try out. It’s almost like a pound cake, but flavored like coconut. Definitely give it a spin at your next party!
Cook’s note:
- Don’t use rice flour; look for sweet rice flour or mochiko. Sweet rice flour isn’t sweet, but has more gluten than regular rice flour.
- Coconut milk is different from coconut water. When you open a can of coconut milk, it literally looks like a thickened can of white milk. And make sure it is unsweetened!
- Macapuno, sometimes called coconut sport, may be hard to find in a normal Asian store. This is definitely a Filipino thing. You can omit it from the recipe, but add an additional ½ cup of sugar. You can also use coconut flakes as a substitute, although the texture of your cake will be different.
Mochiko Cake
February 13, 2019
: 16-20
: 15 min
: 1 hr
: 1 hr 15 min
: Easy
A gluten-free coconut flavored cake.
Ingredients
- 6 eggs, room temperature
- 1 lb. mochiko sweet rice flour
- 2 sticks unsalted butter
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 1 tbsp. baking powder
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 13.5 oz. can coconut milk
- 1 12 oz. jar macapuno
Directions
- Step 1 Preheat oven to 350° F.
- Step 2 Butter 9×13 baking dish.
- Step 3 Melt butter in small bowl.
- Step 4 Mix mochiko sweet rice flour and baking powder in another small bowl.
- Step 5 In a large bowl mix eggs, coconut milk, vanilla, sugar, and butter.
- Step 6 Slowly add flour to wet ingredients.
- Step 7 When well mixed, gently fold in macapano.
- Step 8 Pour into baking dish.
- Step 9 Bake for about an hour or until golden brown.
- Step 10 Serve warm or at room temperature.
