Pronunciation
English Name

Malaysian steamed cake

Cantonese (Traditional)

馬拉糕

Simplified Chinese

马拉糕

Mandarin (Pinyin)

mǎ lā gāo


Yale Romanization

máh lāai gōu

Character Breakdown

馬拉 sounds like Malay, and is cake, so 馬拉糕 is Malay cake.

Malaysian steamed cake
About This Dish

A steamed sponge cake made with brown sugar. It's a Hong Kong dessert, not actually Malaysian, but possibly of Singaporean derivation (and therefore possibly inspired by British sponge cakes).

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máh lāai gōu