things other people make: chocolate butter mochi from feasting in apartment 5b

Chocolate. And butter. And mochi.

It’s an attractive sounding title already.

I found this chocolate butter mochi recipe from the blog feasting in apartment 5b. It’s a beautiful blog, clear and concise, and I love the photos–there’s this minimalistic look on the white backgrounds (and did you notice? I totally copied the towel in the background from this stunning and fresh spring soba noodle salad).

So while I had heard of mochi cake before, I’d never made one.

What surprised me the most was the taste–you can clearly taste the rice flour. Thus you can tell, not only from texture, but also from the taste that it’s actually a mochi cake. The texture itself is pleasingly springy and stretchy and a bit toothsome.

Somehow this made for a very refreshing departure from regular cakes and heavy fudge-y brownies. I’m sure I’ll be testing another mochi cake in the future!

Also, evaporated milk… so what colour is it supposed to be? I don’t know whether it should always be like this or if it’s just because it’s so old! Regardless, it reminds me of a Harold McGee post I read a while ago on the breakdown of sugar. It explains why I sometimes open up a can of our really old condensed milk to find the innards looking quite caramelized. Anyways, it’s rather reassuring to know why, and it also indicates how long these cans hang around in our cupboard.

Chocolate butter mochi: find the recipe at Feasting in Apartment 5b.