Ma Lai Koe (Chinese Steamed Sponge Cake)

Name: Ma Lai Koe (Chinese Steamed Sponge Cake)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 1 cake, 4-6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 125 g high-protein flour; 90 g plain flour; 1 tablespoon custard powder; 225 g brown sugar; 125 g melted butter; 3/4 teaspoon vanilla essence; 3/4 teaspoon molasses; 3 eggs; 180 -190 ml evaporated milk; 1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder

Submitted by Happy_Housewife

"Sponge cake found at dim sum restaurants."

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Ready In:: 50mins
Ingredients:: 10
Yields:: 1 cake
Serves:: 4-6

ingredients

125 g high-protein flour
90 g plain flour
1 tablespoon custard powder
225 g brown sugar
125 g melted butter
³⁄₄ teaspoon vanilla essence
³⁄₄ teaspoon molasses
3 eggs
180 -190 ml evaporated milk
1 ¹⁄₂ tablespoons baking powder

directions

Sift flours and custard powder into a large mixing bowl. Stir in sugar; mix. Add melted butter, essence, treacle and milk. Beat in eggs and use a hand whisk to mix until mixture is smooth.
Sift in baking powder to combine. Pour batter into a lightly greased 20–22cm round cake tin.
Put into a steamer and steam over rapid boiling water on high heat for 30–35 minutes or until cooked through.
Remove steamed sponge from the steamer and set aside to cool completely before cutting into pieces.

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Happy_Housewife

I'm a 28 years old wife who lives in the Bay Area with my hubby. I do not work. In my spare time I like to sample recipes from recipezaar. I also enjoy baking some sweets once in a while but normally my hubby and I can't finish everything I bake. We hope to have children soon so that there will be people around the house to eat everything I cook. I like to cook Chinese or Asian food as I am Chinese and I find it's easier for me to find the needed ingredients from home without buying a lot of groceries to prepare for one dish. My passion is eating. Sounds odd? hehehe....my friends also share the same passion. My friend was criticized for considering eating as her passsion. She was told that eating is not considered a passion, it's considered a necessity and it's something you just have to do. What do you think? We eat out whenever we feel bored of our own cooking. That's why I gained weight over the past year. I go to the gym 3 times a week(sometimes not even twice a week).

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