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Fa gao (simplified Chinese: 发糕; traditional Chinese: 發粿; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: huat-kué) is a Chinese cupcake-like pastry most commonly consumed on the Chinese new year that is made of flour (usually rice flour) leavening (traditionally yeast but can be chemical leavening) sugar or another sweetener steamed (instead of baked) until the top splits into a characteristic split top of four segments [1].