My intern Siew Loon is back with yet another mouthwatering and decadent dessert recipe—Indonesia layer cake or kek lapis. This is not a Nyonya recipe but the exotic taste and inviting aroma of kek lapis is legendary and one of my favorites, and Siew Loon and I wanted to share it with you. Check it out!
I can still remember vividly how my friends and I used to look forward to the sweet delicacies served during the Lunar New Year. Our favourite is the Kek Lapis or Indonesian Layer Cake. As this is an expensive cake, we only get to eat it during very special occasion. As a passionate baker, I told myself that no matter what I must learn how to make Kek Lapis…
Kek Lapis is a very unique cake where spices are added in to give the sweet aroma smell. It is a very rich cake with very high contents of eggs and butter. Therefore, it is usually served in very small pieces.
Making Kek Lapis is a very tedious job but it is worth the hard work when you see the beautiful layers of the cake. More so when we see our friends and loved ones enjoying every bite of it. Kek Lapis is not actually a Nyonya recipe, but a great baking recipe to share with Nyonya Food readers.
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Chang
Hi, may I please know if I can use broil function on my oven when grill function is required? Thanks!
Christie
Hi, what size of egg should I use to bake this cake?
Thank you.
Rasa Malaysia
Normal size.
Jaclyn Chia
Hi! Thanks for posting this. I’m REALLY excited to try this!! One question – how high does the kek lapis get with your recipe? I am looking to buy the 6″ pan as I don’t have one that small, and they have a choice of 2″ or 3″ height. What is your recommendation? Thank you!!
Julie
Hi could you please check the recipe and confirm that everything is right including the instructions? I have followed exactly but failed twice. How long did it take you to get the egg yolk + icing sugar mixture to pale? Does it get thicken to stiff peak? The butter was oozing out of the cake while baking. Am I doing something wrong?
Gunther-Heinz Zucchelli
What to do with all the egg whites?
Rasa Malaysia
You can fry them. :)
Su Yin
Wondering why are these in Fahrenheit and pounds and ounces when the website claims Malaysia?
Rasa Malaysia
Su Yin – I live in the USA and more than 90% of my readers are based in the US.