Moreover, just as with simple rice cakes, they are cut into a four-sided shape after being stretched, and kusamochi is often eaten toasted or cooked as an ingredient of zoni (a vegetable soup containing pieces of rice cake) or zenzai (sweet adzuki-bean soup containing pieces of rice cake).
また、普通の餅と同様、延ばして四角く切って切り餅とし、焼き餅や雑煮、ぜんざいとして、食事で食べられることもある。