The traditional Korean rice cake is made from scratch with a frozen blueberry puree and is topped with blueberry jam, whipped cream and fresh blue berries. Careful not to eat too much! It is more filling than you think.
Blueberry Rice Cake
January 7, 2026
: 6
Ingredients
- 550g rice powder
- 815g frozen blueberry
- 2 pkg fresh blueberry
- 250g heavy cream
- 82 g white bean paste
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- sugar (icing: 25 g
- Jam: 210 g
- rice powder: 3 tbsp)
- Garnish: mint, sugar powder
Directions
- Step 1 Blend 115g frozen blueberries and water at a 1:1 ratio to make the blueberry puree.
- Step 2 Mix rice powder and blue berry puree (see note below), and divide the mix into 300 grams and 250 grams. Sift each mix twice. Then, add 3 tablespoons of sugar and combine them together. Place in a 9-inch cake mold.
- Step 3 Steam it for 20 minutes on high heat. Then turn the heat off and let it stay covered for 5 minutes.
- Step 4 Take out the rice cake sheet and cover with a cold wet cotton cloth. Let it cool completely to prevent it from making cream melt.
- Step 5 To make the blue berry jam, blend 700 grams of frozen blueberries and 210 grams of sugar (30% of blueberries) ad boil them up till it gets a think consistency. It is important to keep stirring to prevent burning. Add lemon juice when it thickens.
- Step 6 Place heavy cream, sugar, and white bean paste into a mixing bowl and whisk until the cream reaches a stiff peak.
- Step 7 Put the jam on the rice cake sheet and place whipped cream on top.
- Step 8 Garnish with fresh blueberries and baby mint and finish with sugar powder. Enjoy.
Note:
- Using frozen berries instead of fresh berries creates a more colorful and tasty jam.
- The most important part of the recipe is to add the right amount of puree to the rice powder. If adding too much puree, the cake can be too wet. If you don’t add enough puree, the cake can be tough. Need to master the right amount of puree to the powder. Add one spoon at a time. Grab some of the mixture together, if it stays together, it should be ready.
- Sift the mixture in two batches, it will help tremendously the power with other ingredients.
- Important to steam the cake in very high and strong heat – high heat can cook the mixture evenly.
