The present invention relates to a method for making rice cake without being hardened and spread, and rice cake made thereby. The present invention is able to maintain soft and chewy mouth feel and texture of rice cake for a long time since the rice cake is not hardened and spread even when left for a long time. According to the present invention, the method for making rice cake without being hardened and spread includes: a step of preparing non-glutinous rice left for at least two years; a step of removing water after immersing the non-glutinous rice in water; a step of pulverizing the water-removed non-glutinous rice by using a pulverizer with rollers at 0.8 to 1.2 mm intervals; a step of mixing non-glutinous rice powder with water, salt, and wild ginseng culture roots, mixing the wild ginseng culture roots with 7 to 14 parts by weight of wild ginseng culture roots based on 100 parts by weight of non-glutinous rice, and mixing the wild ginseng culture roots without removing moisture contained in the wild ginseng culture roots; a step of pulverizing a mixture including the non-glutinous rice powder, water, salt, and wild ginseng culture roots; a step of steaming the pulverized mixture; a step of mixing 0.2 to 0.8 part by weight of flour based on 100 parts by weight of the non-glutinous rice after cooling the steamed mixture at a room temperature for 11 to 18 minutes; and a step of punching the mixture including the flour for 3 to 5 minutes.
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