Layer Cake (Kue Lapis)
Layer Cake (Kue Lapis)

Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, layer cake (kue lapis). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

The layered cake is a must-have in many major festivals in Malaysia such as Hari Raya, Chinese New Year, Deepavali and festive seasons. Kue lapis is Indonesian kue, or a traditional snack of steamed colourful layered soft rice flour pudding. Kue or Kuih is a fairly broad term in Malay and Bahasa language, which may include items that would be called cakes, cookies, dumplings, pudding Lapis means layers in Bahasa Indonesian/ Malay.

Layer Cake (Kue Lapis) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Layer Cake (Kue Lapis) is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook layer cake (kue lapis) using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Layer Cake (Kue Lapis):
  1. Take 700 ml coconut milk
  2. Take 150 gram rice flour
  3. Get 75 gram tapioca flour
  4. Make ready 150 gram sugar or as desired
  5. Get 1 tbsp cocoa powder
  6. Make ready 1 tsp vanili
  7. Prepare 1 pinch salt
  8. Get 1 pandan leaf

Another name is 'Thousand Layer Cake' due to the many layers the cake is made of. I personally think they should also nickname this cake 'Patience cake' cause of the time it takes to bake this cake. The cake directly translates to Layer cake, because as you see it is made up of multi layered thin… Kek Lapis is a well known cake in southeast asia especially in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, usually serve during festive occasions and holidays. Lapis cake or Layer cake is Indonesian special snack traditional which is made from two colour that are heaped stratum, so often called "kue lapis" it like spekkoek but chewy and sticky.

Instructions to make Layer Cake (Kue Lapis):
  1. Heat up coconut milk with pandan leaf and salt. Wait until bubbles appears. Set aside.
  2. In a bowl, mix coconut milk, sugar, and flour. Wisk throughly until incorporated and there is no lump.
  3. Divedid mixture into two parts. Add cocoa powder in one of mixture.
  4. Grease mold with oil. Prepare the steamer. Pour about 50 ml chocolate mixture, and steam for 5 minutes. Open the lid, and add white mixture on chocolate mixture. Steam for 5 minutes. Repeat until finish.
  5. Transfer the cake from steamer. Let it cool and slice it. Serve and enjoy !

This cake is usually made some color layers, that gives the name of this cake. When making Kue Lapis Legit, the difference of a minute can result in a burnt layer. Here are some tips on making lapis. I tried it today however the cake turns out a bit dry and the color is more brownish rather than a nice golden yellowish like. Malaysian layered cake, Indonesian layer cake, Kue Lapis, Kek Lapis or simply traditional layer cake.

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