Super soft brown sugar Mala Cake (yeast version) ~ No oven required, you can have Hong Kong-style dim sum at home

Overview

Malay cake is a traditional Cantonese tea house snack. It was originally a snack loved by the Malay people in Singapore. Its original name was Malay cake. Later it was introduced to Hong Kong and Guangdong, and was called Mala Cake in Guangdong dialect. The authentic mala cake has a very soft texture, and it won’t feel dry or greasy if you eat it a lot. The mala cake I made today has a very soft texture! Because yeast is used for fermentation, the use of baking powder is reduced, making it healthier and tastes better! You can give it a try.

Tags

• baking
• children
• afternoon tea
• hong kong food
• aluminum-free baking powder
• brown sugar
• cake flour
• egg
• high sugar tolerant yeast
• milk powder
• pure milk
• unsalted animal butter

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Pour the brown sugar into the milk, put it in a pot and bring it to a boil to dissolve the brown sugar.

   

2. 2 Let the milk, brown sugar and water cool until it is almost as warm as your hands, add yeast and egg liquid, and stir evenly.

   

3. 3 Mix low-gluten flour and milk powder evenly and sift. Pour into the previously mixed liquid in several batches, and stir evenly until there are no particles (remember not to draw circles to avoid gluten in the batter. The mixed batter is smooth and delicate, and the figure 8 drawn by the batter will not disappear immediately).

   

4. 4 Cover the batter with plastic wrap and let it ferment in a warm place for about 2 hours until it doubles in size and there are many bubbles on the surface.

   

5. 5 Pour baking powder into the fermented batter and mix evenly.

   

6. 6 Then pour in the melted butter (melt the butter in water first), stir evenly, and pour it into the mold until it is eighty full (the mold should be brushed with a layer of oil in advance to facilitate demoulding).

   

7. 7 After the water in the pot boils, put the mold filled with batter on the steamer and steam over high heat for about 20 minutes (the specific time can be adjusted according to the size of the mold, and the time should be shortened appropriately for small molds).

   

8. 8 After steaming, simmer for a few minutes before opening the lid, take it out and eat.

   

9. 9 Very, very soft~

   

10. 10 You can also enjoy popular dim sum from Hong Kong-style teahouses at home~