These Cantonese Steamed Sponge Cake or Mara Zhan 马拉盏 is a popular Chinese dim sum in Asia. It’s usually made in a small cup or small mould name “Zhan盏” in Chinese , so the cake will get a taller and tilted shape after steaming. You can easily make this at home without an electric mixer. The cake is soft and spongy and the taste is delicious. A perfect quick snack for breakfast or for anytime of the day.
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Cantonese Steamed Sponge Cake
This Cantonese Steamed Sponge Cake or Mara Zhan 马拉盏 is usually made in a small cup or small mould name "Zhan盏" in Chinese , so the cake will get a taller and tilted shape after steaming. The cake is soft and spongy especially when served warm.
Ingredients
- 2 large eggs
- 10 ml fresh milk or water
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 85 g caster sugar
- 85 g cake flour or plain flour
- 10 g corn starch
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 20 ml corn oil
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine eggs, sugar, milk and vanilla with a hand whisk. Stir mixture well.
- Sieve flour, corn starch and baking powder to the egg mixture, mix well thoroughly, then pour in corn oil. Stir well again.
- Covered and set aside for about 5 minutes.
- Fill up the cup mould with corn oil to almost full, then pour it into another cup mould, to make sure that the cup mould is fully greased. Makes 4
- Pour batter from one side of the cup mould to the rim, so that the cake will rise and tilted shape after steaming.
- Steamed at high heat under boiling water for about 10 minutes. Best to serve warm.
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- 广式马拉盏 Cantonese Steamed Sponge Cake
- 又软又糯，做法超简单~~
- 材料：
- 2个 大鸡蛋
- 10毫升 牛奶或水
- 1茶匙 香草香精
- 85克 细砂糖
- 85克 底筋面粉或中筋面粉
- 10克 玉米淀粉
- 2茶匙 泡打粉
- 20毫升 玉米油
- 做法：
- 将鸡蛋，砂糖，牛奶及香精放入碗中，搅拌均匀。
- 筛人面粉，玉米淀粉及泡打粉到蛋液混合物，充分的搅拌均匀，然后的倒入玉米，再搅拌均匀。
- 盖上盖静置5分钟。
- 摸具上倒满玉米油过一层油，然后倒在另一个摸具过油。我做了4个。
- 面糊朝一个方向倒入摸具，这样蒸好的蛋糕就会往同一个方向反。
- 放入蒸笼里盖上盖，大火蒸10分钟即可。最好温热的时候享用。