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

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, layer cake (kue lapis). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Kue lapis or Kuih Lapis is a traditional snack of steamed colourful layered soft rice flour pudding. In Malay and Indonesian lapis means "layers". Kue lapis keju lembut yang lumer di mulut akan menjadi camilan terbaik saat minum teh hangat di pagi atau sore hari.

Layer Cake (Kue Lapis) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Layer Cake (Kue Lapis) is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have 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. Get 700 ml coconut milk
  2. Take 150 gram rice flour
  3. Prepare 75 gram tapioca flour
  4. Make ready 150 gram sugar or as desired
  5. Take 1 tbsp cocoa powder
  6. Get 1 tsp vanili
  7. Take 1 pinch salt
  8. Take 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. I was craving this Indonesian Traditional Layer Cake some time ago and decided to make it myself. I used the recipe from an old cook book I bought in Indonesia many years ago.

Steps 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 book is intended for beginners in the kitchen and the recipe for this Kue Lapis doesn't use rice flour but uses mungbean. 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. Leave Kuih Lapis to cool completely after steamed and invert the cake pan to knock out the kuih.

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