02 November 2011

Indonesian Layer Cake ( With Recipe )


Last Saturday was my kid's graduation and awards day. As usual, made a layer cake and some peanut cookies to thank the teachers. :))

I find the layer cake quite moist and soft, unlike the usual ones that are quite dense. About the taste, yums... Fragrant and not too sweet. :)

Ingredients :

 200g caster sugar
125g plain flour
340g butter - Churn Butter
10 egg yolks
4 egg whites
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp 5 spice powder
1 tbsp brandy

Method :

Grease and line bottom of an 8" x 8" cake tin.
( Do not grease sides of tin )
Preheat oven at 180C, top and bottom heat.


Sift flour, baking powder and 5 spice powder together. ( twice )


Cream butter till soft and fluffy.


Whisk egg whites and vanilla till soft peak.


Gradually add sugar till stiff peaks form.


Add yolks one at a time, beating well between each egg yolk.
Add butter and beat till well incorporated.
Fold in flour, baking powder and 5 spice powder in 3 batches.
Stir in brandy.


Spread about 5 heap tbsps ( 140g ) of mixture onto a greased cake tin.
Bake for about 10 to 15 minutes, top and bottom heat till golden brown.


Press batter gently to release any trapped air to have a firm cake.


Shift to grill function from second layer onwards.
Repeat till all batter is used up.
( Second layer onwards will take about 5 minutes )


If there are bumps occurred during baking, use a cake tester to prick it.
( to have beautiful layered done )


Finally, invert cake immediately after removing from oven to cool.
Remove baking paper also.


Beautiful layered cake.:)




The gifts for the teachers. :))





10 comments:

  1. never tried making kuih lapis..dont know why, got the impression that it involves a lot of work and time especially doing the layering! you got a nice cake here!

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  2. Yes Lena, it's quite time consuming though. Guess it's the grilling part where we need to watch the browning and pricking those bumps too!!

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  3. Takes so much patience to make but yours look gorgeous!

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  4. I never dare try to make this cake. This don't get along well with impatient people like me. Your layer cake looks so professional.

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  5. Thank you so much for your kind comments Quay Po. Do give it a try, u might find that it's well worth it when you taste the cake!! :P

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  6. I made this cake once only, not sure when i will try again, because this is too time consuming, hehehe..

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  7. Cannot say that I don't agree with u Sonia. I will only make this cake on special occasions or when my kids requested for it, haha.

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  8. I've never tried baking this, too labour intensive. You did a good job and oh, thanks for visiting my blog. Hope to see you more often!

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