KEK LAPIS INDONESIA (INDONESIAN LAYER CAKE)

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A popular cake in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia during festive and special occasions. It's time-consuming to make but well worth it. This is the basic technique for making layer cake. You can get creative and use 2 different flavored cake mixtures (such as chocolate and spice).

Provided by Mekmolek

Categories     Indonesian Recipes

Time 2h15m

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 cup all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ teaspoon ground anise seeds
¼ teaspoon ground cardamom
2 cups butter
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
17 egg yolks
1 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons white sugar
5 egg whites

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease the bottom and sides of a square cake pan. Cut a piece of parchment paper to fit the base exactly and grease the paper.
  • Sift flour, cinnamon, cloves, anise, and cardamom together into a bowl.
  • Beat butter and vanilla extract together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Cream egg yolks and 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar together in another bowl until thick and tripled in volume. Place egg whites in a separate bowl using clean beaters; mix until stiff peaks form.
  • Mix the creamed butter with the creamed egg yolk mixture. Slowly fold in the spiced flour, alternating with beaten egg whites. Carefully mix well.
  • Pour 1 ladleful of cake batter into the prepared pan. Spread batter evenly into a layer about 1/4-inch thick.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until light brown, about 5 minutes. Remove pan from oven; use a skewer to prick the top of the cake to prevent air bubbles from forming.
  • Spread another ladleful of batter on top and bake the new layer for about 5 minutes. Repeat the process and bake each remaining ladle of batter. When done, remove the cake from pan at once. Turn it over, top side up, onto a cooling rack and let cool for at least half an hour.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 558.7 calories, Carbohydrate 33.4 g, Cholesterol 445.8 mg, Fat 44.5 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 8 g, SaturatedFat 26 g, Sodium 303.3 mg, Sugar 22.9 g

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