Lian Pang Cake & Confectionery (联邦蛋糕西点), established since 1976, is a well-known confectionery in Kulai District, Johor, known for its old-school sponge cakes, wedding cakes and full-moon collection. The long-standing traditional bakery has been around for over 50 years.
Lian Pang makes a wide selection of cakes, including its popular sponge cakes, butter cakes, Swiss rolls, traditional wedding cakes, Western cakes, etc. There are breads, buns, egg tarts and other pastries as well.
Their highly-recommended Yuanyang Cake (鸳鸯蛋糕) has both crushed peanuts and chocolate rice as toppings. Cakes with just one of the toppings are also available but the YuanYang Cake allows enjoyment of two flavours, or maybe three, in one cake.
The great surprise is in the butter-chocolate sponge cake underneath the toppings, which is very fluffy, non-greasy and the amount of fresh cream is not excessive. The cake has a light buttery flavour in addition to the distinct flavours of peanut and chocolate and very low in sweetness. I can understand why locals highly recommend it!
Aside from the round sponge cakes with peanut and chocolate flavours, Lian Pang also bake Swiss rolls with the two flavours. The Peanut Swiss Roll has a pandan-flavoured sponge cake and the Chocolate Swiss Roll has a chocolate-flavoured sponge cake. These rolled cakes have slightly firmer textures than the round cake but still soft and fluffy. Sponge cakes of other flavours are also available.
Another old-school bake is their wedding cakes. These traditional cakes are getting rarer and more expensive in Singapore. It is really great to see the nostalgic cakes in Lian Pang and best of all, they are not chilled, meaning they are freshly-made and I can carry them all the way back to Singapore.
Similarly, the cake is fluffy, non-greasy and not too much of the fresh cream, except for the decorations but the thin creamy base balanced out any excess. I will go for a full box of 10 pieces next time — don’t have to wait for someone’s wedding.
It is definitely worth the long journey — about an hour — to Kulai and to Lian Pang to get these nice old-school cakes. And there are more awaiting me!
Address:
6, Jalan Susur 4, Taman Sri Kulai Baru, Batu 21, 81000 Kulai, Johor, Malaysia
Opening Hours:
9am to 7pm | Daily
How to Get There:
Take BAS.MY J30 from JB Sentral to Kulai Bus Terminal and change to BAS.MY J300 / CityBus 2. Read: JB Bus / Train: To Kulai District in Johor (柔佛.古来).
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