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White sugar sponge cake
White sugar sponge cake
Chinese	白糖糕
Hanyu Pinyin	bái táng gāo
Jyutping	baak6 tong4 gou1
Literal meaning	white sugar cake
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	bái táng gāo
Gan
Romanization	pak7 tong2 gau1
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	baahk tòng gōu
Jyutping	baak6 tong4 gou1
IPA	[pak̚˨tʰɔŋ˩kɔw˥]

White sugar sponge cake
Alternative names	White sugar cake, white sugar pastry
Type	Cake
Place of origin	Foshan, China
Main ingredients	Rice flour, sugar, water, leavening agent
Variations	Bánh bò
Similar dishes	Htanthi mont, Fa gao, Bánh bò, Sanna
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White sugar sponge cake (also called white sugar cake and white sugar pastry) is a type of Chinese pastry.

It is made from rice flour, white sugar, water, and a leavening agent.^[1]^[2]

While it is called a "cake", it is not served as a circular round cake. It is usually purchased as an individual square piece or a mini triangle. The cake is white in color, with a spongy and soft consistency. The taste is sweet, and sometimes has a slightly sour taste due to fermentation of the batter prior to cooking. Like most Chinese cakes, it is steamed, giving it a moist, soft, and fluffy texture, as opposed to a dry and firm one.^[3] If left exposed to the air, it hardens quickly. It is usually kept under some cover to preserve moistness. It is typically served hot, because when it is cold it is not as soft and moist. The batter is either poured over a bowl in a steamer, a Chinese steamer cloth or aluminum foil. If made from brown rice flour and brown sugar it is called a brown sugar sponge cake.

A Vietnamese version of the cake, called bánh bò, differs from the Chinese version in that it often uses coconut milk as an ingredient,^[4] and does not have the sourness that often typifies the Chinese version.

Names

The cake has a variety of regional names, including:

Baak Tong Gou (Cantonese)
Bai Tang Gao (Mandarin)
Pak Thong Koh (Malay)
Puting Asukal Bibingka (Filipino)

References

^ Shimabukuro, Bitty (2003-05-21). "Rice cake revelation". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
^ 梅联华 (2008). 南昌民俗 (in Chinese). 江西人民出版社. ISBN 9787210038184.
^ "鏞融芯語——粵菜別名大起底". 頭條日報 Headline Daily (in Chinese). Retrieved 2019-06-10.
^ "We're sweet on these Vietnamese desserts". SBS Food. Retrieved 2019-06-10.