Indonesian layered cakes recipe are mostly baked and take more than two hours to prepare. Here is a steamed version with fewer layers, making it faster to prepare.
Ingredients :
• 200 gr butter, softened
• 50 gr condensed milk
• 9 grade A egg yolks
• 5 grade A eggs
• 250 gr castor sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon ovalette
• 175 gr plain flour, sifted
• 50 gr milk powder
• 2 drops yellow food colouring
• 1 teaspoon chocolate emulco
• 1 teaspoon coffee paste/emulco
• 9” square cake pan, greased and lined
Directions :
1. Add water into a large steamer till three-quarters full. Heat up the steamer.
2. Meanwhile, use an electric beater fitted with a balloon and whisk, cream butter, condensed milk, eggs, sugar, salt and ovalette until thick and creamy. Beat in the sifted flour and milk powder.
3. Divide batter into 3 portions. Mix yellow food colouring in one portion yellow, chocolate emulco in the second portion and coffee emulco in the last portion.
4. Place the pan in the hot steamer.
5. Pour in a layer of the yellow cake batter, retaining half of the yellow batter. Steam for 10 minutes.
6. Now, pour in half of the chocolate batter over the steamed layer and steam for another 10 minutes.
7. Pour in half portion of the coffee layer and steam for a further 10 minutes.
8. Repeat the layers and steam the final layer for 15 minutes.
9. Remove cake pan from steamer and leave to cool completely before slicing and serving them.
For 10 slices
