Easy step by step video to show you how to make Malay Cake / Ma Lai Go 馬拉糕 / Chinese Sponge Cake in your Instant Pot

Learn how to make dim sum malay cake like a pro using this easy Malay Cake / Ma Lai Go (馬拉糕) / Chinese Sponge Cake recipe and your Instant Pot. One bite into this cake will bring you back to times of eating dim sum at restaurants 😀

Malay Cake / Ma Lai Go 馬拉糕 / Chinese Sponge Cake

Soft and spongy with melt in your mouth custard taste. This cake goes well on it's own or with a nice cup of tea.

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Time to Pressurize 10 mins

Total Time 45 mins

Course Appetizer, Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine Chinese

Servings 12

Ingredients

  

• 2 large eggs
• 6 tablespoons white sugar
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 3 tablespoons evaporated milk
• ⅛ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 10 tablespoons cake and pastry flour (1/2 cup and 2 tablespoons)
• 2 tablespoons custard powder
• ½ teaspoon baking powder

Instructions

 

• Beat eggs until fluffy.
  2 large eggs
• Then add sugar and mix.
  6 tablespoons white sugar
• Add milk, oil and vanilla extract and mix.
  2 tablespoons vegetable oil, 3 tablespoons evaporated milk, 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Sift dry ingredients and mix with rest of batter until just combined.
  10 tablespoons cake and pastry flour, 2 tablespoons custard powder, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• Pour into 6" pan.
• Open Instant Pot. Add water, trivet, then pan to Instant Pot liner.
• Close Instant Pot. Select Cake function high pressure for 20 minutes.
• When done, quick release or release naturally (NPR). Either way works.

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Notes

• Fits 1 Round Pan 6" diameter and 2.5" high.
• Remember to not over mix or the batter will lose all the air pockets and the cake will come out hard and deflated.
• If steaming from stove top, make sure the water is boiling, then steam on high for 40 minutes.