Chinese sponge cake is a light steamed cake made usually from flour and eggs. The Chinese make sponge cake on different occasions and celebrations. Their texture is usually dense and moist; they do not require a separate sauce to be served with them. Most Chinese sponge cakes use wheat flour but some recipes can be found using rice flour or just rice. Celebration sponge cakes are very rich in taste and usually are stuffed. Nian Gao is sticky rice sponge cake made on Chinese New Year. Ma Lai Go is another type of a Chinese sponge cake.