Malay sponge cake

Malay sponge cake
Malay sponge cake at a Cantonese restaurant
Alternative namesMah Lai Goh, Ma Lai Go, Ma Lai Gao, Ma La Gao, Malay cake, and others
CourseDim sum, xiaochi
Place of originChina, Malaysia
Region or stateChina (Guangdong), Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand
Main ingredientsTraditionally made with levain, flour, white sugar and eggs
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Malay sponge cake is a dessert cake popular in Guangdong and Hong Kong, where it is usually served at traditional teahouses. The cake is made of lard or butter, flour, and eggs, and prepared using a bamboo steamer to develop puffiness. An entire Malay sponge cake is a huge round yellow cake, but is generally sold as slices in teahouses. In Hong Kong, the cake was described as the "national cake" by American news channel CNN.

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