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Vietnamese
Etymology
bánh (“pastry”) + bông (classifier for flowers) + lan (“orchid”). So named because of the vanilla (French vanille) extract used as an additive in sponge cake.
The usage of bông instead of hoa might indicate that sponge cake first became popular in the Central-Southern region of Vietnam.
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier cái, chiếc) bánh bông lan
- sponge cake
- bánh bông lan trứng muối ― sponge cake with salted egg yolk