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A traditional Chinese year occurs in the lunar calendar, and this year the Chinese New Year will be on February 3, 2011. There are many things a Chinese family will prepare for their New Year's Eve, as well as New Year's Day. Those items were eaten on New Year's Day, and included Good Luck New Year Cake and Abundance Cake. I've been living in the U.S. since 1988, and finding these cakes is very challenging. My husband T.C. and I used to drive to China Town in Flushing Queens, New York to find these cakes. For years, it has been hit or miss getting those delicious cakes. Lately, I had just decided to forget about the cakes.

New Year Cake Pops

My mother-in-law Lily has prepared the New Year Cake for many years, and occasionally, we get one, depending on if there is a U.S. holiday around the Chinese New Year. Last Christmas, Lily taught me how to make the New Year Cake, my daughter's favorite. New Year Cake, pronounced "Nian Gao" is a sweet steamed glutinous rice-like cake. Ingredients include dark brown sugar, hot water, banana extract and sticky rice flour. Abundance Cake pronounced "Fa Gao" is like a muffin but steamed. Ingredients include rice flour, sugar, flour and banana extract, or you can get a ready-mix for them now. I think the package mix is pretty good. The secret lies on the degree of "steam" from your pot. Here is my "Fa Gao" next to a rabbit.

New Year Birthday Cake

You see, both cakes are supposed to bring good luck if they rise properly. Well, that explains how many people take a chance in starting a business and exiting it successfully. In many small businesses, we don't really know the ingredients or recipes of how to make our business successful. What I like about these cakes is that they can give my clients an affirmation of action mode. Putting it into action results in the sweet taste of success. My clients who have accepted these sweet cakes and tasted them are the same clients who continuously taste success in their businesses. They've enjoyed a rapid growth in their businesses, along with top percentiles of net profit in their industries.

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