Spekkoek

Spekkoek (spekuk in Indonesian), also more popularly called (kue) lapis legit in Indonesia, is a Dutch-Indonesian layered cake. It was developed during colonial times in the Dutch East Indies and may have been based on Dutch cake recipes using local ingredients. The firm-textured cake is the Indo (Dutch-Indonesian) version of baumkuchen, but without a chocolate or sugar shell. It contains a mix of spices, such as cardamom, cinnamon, clove, mace and anise. The cake is very rich – a 20 cm × 20 cm (7.9 in × 7.9 in) cake can contain up to thirty egg yolks, 500 grams (18 oz) of butter, and 400 grams (14 oz) of sugar.

In Indonesia, the cake is popularly known as (kue) lapis legit, literally "delicious layers (cake)", because it consists of many thin layers of cake. As a good lapis legit has more than 18 layers, baking it is a very labour-intensive process requiring much patience. Each layer is made by pouring a small amount of batter from a cup into the baking tin, which is then put into an oven until the layer has turned golden from the heat. The tin is then removed from the oven and the process repeated to build up the remaining layers. Dutch ovens with a charcoal fire on top of the lid are said to produce the best results, while electric ovens are superior to gas ovens as cakes bake much faster in the former.

Where clove buds or cardamom seeds are difficult to find, bakers can use spekkoek powder as a replacement. Milling and mixing the spices before baking produces a cake with an excellent aroma. The ground spices must be sieved into the flour at least three times as the spice powder is very fine and tends to clump in the batter. In Indonesia, there are many varieties of lapis legit, including cakes containing almonds, cashew nuts, cheese, prunes or raisins, and even cakes flavoured with chocolate and pandan (Pandanus amaryllifolius).

Lapis legit is enjoyed during Chinese New Year, Eid ul-Fitr and Christmas celebrations. It is also served or given as gifts during many local festivities such as at birthday parties and weddings. In the Netherlands, the sliced cake is traditionally served for dessert in rijsttafel.

Recipes for Spekkoek/lapis legit

Layer cake is delicious steady legit better sich for a snack accompanied with fresh tea warm. In addition, because it tastes good even better than a layer cake Surabaya (direct check of her recipes), sticky layer cake is very suitable and is often used as a dish Eid, Christmas or any party .. Please observe the info recipe how to make cake lapis legit following

 

Materials:

30 eggs, take yellow only
350 grams of fine sugar
½ Kilogram Butter Butter or alloys of Butter (300 grams) and margarine (200 grams)
100 grams of wheat flour
½ teaspoon vanilla powder
¼ cans sweetened condensed milk, any brand
1 tablespoon seasoning lapis legit (Spekkoek)


How to Make Cake Lapis Legit

1. Combine flour with 1 tablespoon Spekkoek, sifter. Set aside
2. Prepare a baking sheet square uk. 22 x 22 cm, the base with greaseproof paper and then rubbed use butter, Sprinkle flour. Set aside
3. Beat butter and butter or margarine butter blend with the help of a mixer until fluffy (color younger), combine condensed milk, stir well, and set aside.
4. Separately, whisk sugar, egg yolks and vanilla until fluffy, enter dough butter little by little, stirring constantly, add the flour in point 1 above and mix well
5. Prepare an open until the temperature is 160 degrees.
6. While it took 4 tablespoons of batter into the prepared pan, smooth to make a layer cake.
7. Bake using a small fire, use the fire from above until lightly browned (± 5 minutes).
8. Remove from grill, basting with a little butter, repeat the above steps to form a new layer until the dough runs out.
9. In the last batter, roasted with fire on down to about 10 minutes to mature evenly. Remove and let cool.