Chinese steamed sponge cake

Ma Lai Go Chinese Steamed Cake is a fluffy brown sugar sponge cake typically found on dim sum carts in Southern China and Hong Kong—the few places where you’ll find it done right.

Steaming makes the Chinese version of sponge cake very moist. Traditionally the sponge cake is eaten plain, but you can also serve it with fresh fruit.

I remember when I was a kid, Ji Dan Gao (literally "egg cake") is the only CAKE that I knew of. It is actually a steamed sponge ...

Chinese sponge cake is an egg-based cake that is very fluffy and light. This sweet dessert has a light-as-air texture and is slightly spongy, just like the name.

INTRODUCTION For modified recipe for breakfast, please scroll towards the end. I promised it will be a short post as I have nothing much to say about this steamed sponge cake (kuey neng ko) – the fourth in my series of steamed sponge cake. However, this is prepared with due respect to […]

A classic Chinese-style steamed sponge cake made with yeast. The cake stays soft and full with an amazing aroma of dark brown sugar.

Chinese steamed egg cake 178g eggs (about 3 large eggs), beaten 178g sugar 152g cake flour, sifted twice 43g vegetable oil 1. In the bowl of a stand mixer attached to a whisk, on high speed, beat the eggs and sugar together. When ready, the mixture will be light and more than double its size,…

Cake is a food that everyone can love. It is one of the most famous desserts worldwide, and can be transformed into anything the imagination can dream of.

A quick method recipe for this dim sum and tea-time favourite, delicious Chinese steamed sponge cake (ma lai gao). Makes one 20-cm (8-inch) square cake.

Ma Lai Go Chinese Steamed Cake is a fluffy brown sugar sponge cake typically found on dim sum carts in Southern China and Hong Kong—the few places where you’ll find it done right.