Cupcakes are snacks made from rice flour or glutinous rice flour, flour and cassava tape cooked by steaming. shaped like a bowl and blooms at the ends. Cupcakes are one of the most popular wet cakes in Indonesia. The cake, which is usually sold in traditional markets, was introduced by immigrants from southern China, who later experienced indigenization.

The main ingredient is rice flour or glutinous rice flour mixed with a little flour. Cassava and sugar tapes are also added as flavoring. This dough, after being given a cake developer (like baking powder), is then steamed.

In Chinese tradition, Mangkok Cake is one of the cakes served in the Chinese New Year prayer ceremony, which symbolizes the sweet life that is increasingly uphill and blooming.