Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, kue lapis bunga (flower layer cake). It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Kue Lapis Bunga (Flower Layer Cake) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Kue Lapis Bunga (Flower Layer Cake) is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
Kue lapis is an Indonesian kue, or a traditional snack of steamed colourful layered soft rice flour pudding. This steamed layered sticky rice cake or pudding is quite popular in Indonesia, and also can be found in the Netherlands through their colonial links. Steamed Kuih Lapis is a popular snack in Malaysia and Singapore and it literally means layer cake in Malay.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have kue lapis bunga (flower layer cake) using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Kue Lapis Bunga (Flower Layer Cake):
- Get Liquid ingredients:
- Get 500 ml coconut milk
- Prepare 500 ml water
- Make ready 300 gr granulated sugar
- Make ready 2 pandan leaves
- Make ready Dry ingredients: (mix together in a bowl)
- Take 250 gr sago flour
- Get 125 gr all-purpose flour
- Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
- Take Additional ingredient :
- Prepare red food coloring
Kueh Lapis, or Steamed Layer Cake / Jiu Ceng Gao, never fails to put a smile on my face. After all, who can forget having these as a child, peeling off the layers individually and slowly savouring each soft, springy layer of coconut-y goodness! Kuih Bingka Ambon (Kue Bika Ambon). Kuih lapis is a traditional Asian dessert popular in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore.
Steps to make Kue Lapis Bunga (Flower Layer Cake):
- Boil all liquid ingredients only until the sugar dissolves. Stir continuously. Remove from the heat. Set aside until it’s warm.
- Gradually pour the warm liquid into a bowl filled with dry ingredients, stirring evenly using a whisk. Strain.
- Divide the batter into two equal parts. Add red food coloring into 1 part. Mix well.
- This is the most important step to do: Cover the lid of the steamer with a kitchen towel to prevent condensation from the lid from falling on to the steamed cake. Fill the steamer with water (below the steaming plate). Cover the steamer with the lid and slowly bring water to boil.
- Prepare the flower mold. Lightly brush the inside of the mold with cooking oil.
- Pour 1 tsp of white batter into the flower molds. Steam for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat.
- Pour 3 tsp of red batter into the flower molds. Steam for 3 minutes. Remove from the heat.
- Pour 3 tsp of white batter into the flower molds. Steam for 3 minutes. Remove from the heat.
- Lastly, pour 3 tsp of red batter into the flower molds. Steam for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat. Let it cool.
- Remove flower layer cake from the molds. Serve it with a cup of hot tea or coffee. Yum 😋
It is usually prepared as a layered cake consisting of rice flour, tapioca flour, water, sugar, coconut milk, pandan leaves, and red, green, or pink food coloring. Lapis means layers in Bahasa Indonesian/ Malay. My sister is a big fan of gao teng kueh and so am I. As a kid I remember how much I liked to peel it layer The steamed kue lapis is so much "easier" to make compared to the baked version. Most people will make it with three colors: green, red and white.
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