1. Ding Tai Fung makes it with glutinous rice from Northeast China, and candied and glace fruits from Taiwan.
2. Instead, glace your cake with a jam varnish and place more fruits and nuts on top.
3. You can pretty them up by perching a walnut or pecan half on the batter, or a glace cherry if you can get them.
adj
1. (used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar
Synonym: candied crystalized crystalised