Sugee Cake

There was one particular cake shop in Katong synonymous with sugee cake—Cona’s Confectionery. The older generation would speak wonderful things about its sugee cake and its appearance in many Eurasian weddings where a sugee wedding cake was de rigueur.

My mother learnt to make sugee cake from various friends but ultimately, her recipe was an adaptation of what she considered the best parts of each recipe. A few versions of my mother’s recipe included mixed spice powder (