Kue lapis

Kue lapis is Indonesian kue, or a traditional snack of steamed colourful layered soft rice flour pudding.[1] In Indonesian lapis means "layers". This steamed layered sticky rice cake or pudding is quite popular in Indonesia,[3] and also can be found in the Netherlands through their colonial links.[4] Kue lapis is also very popular in neighbouring Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei where it is called kueh lapis.

Not to be confused with Spekkoek, also known as kue lapis legit.
Kue lapis
Two shapes of kue lapis
CourseDessert
Place of originIndonesia[1][2]
Region or stateJakarta and Nationwide in Indonesia, also popular in Maritime Southeast Asia
Serving temperatureRoom temperature
Main ingredientsRice flour, sugar, coconut milk

Ingredients and cooking method

This snack usually consists of two alternating coloured layers, thus the name of the cake.[3] The cake is made of rice flour, sago, coconut milk, sugar, salt, and food colouring.[3] Popular food colouring includes green-coloured pandan and red frozen food colouring. It is common to find rainbow layered kue too. This cake is steamed gradually, and layers are subsequently added in alternating order to avoid different colours mixing together. This method will create layered pudding-cake. Kue Lapis has bouncy gelatin-like texture, yet unlike jelly this cake is quite sticky and chewy due to rice pudding content.[1]

Kue lapis is similar to lapis legit or spekkoek, the difference being that lapis legit is a puffy layered cake, made of flour and is baked, while kue lapis is a moist layered pudding, made of rice flour and sago, and is steamed.

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See also

References
  1. "Kue Lapis (Steamed Layer Cake)". www.indonesiancooking101.com. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  2. Leung Thong Ping (14 December 1972). "Beautiful—but oh the bother!". New Straits Times. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  3. George, M. L. C. (2009). Coconut recipes from around the world. Bioversity International. p. 26. ISBN 978-92-9043-806-9. Indonesia: Layered Sticky Rice Cake (Kue Lapis Tepung Beras)
  4. "Kue lapis, steamed layered cake". What to cook today?. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
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