Kek Lapis or Kueh Lapis? Bebe said it’s Kek Lapis as how it’s being called when she visited Kek Lapis factory in Sarawak Kuching during her school trip. Okay, I agree with her that kueh lapis is steamed kueh and it can be quite misleading if I were to call this baked cake as kueh 
Kek Lapis is known for its high proportion of egg yolks and butter, you can find recipes using 20-15-10 egg yolks and so I shortlisted to this slightly ‘healthier’ version that uses 15 egg yolks, 1-1/2 tbsp condensed milk and 450g butter.
Source : With slight modifications from Chunky Cooky using recipe adapted from [Baking Made Easy] by Agnes Chang
Makes one 9 x 9″ square
Indonesian Thousand Layer Cake – Kek Lapis
Ingredients
(A)
450g tinned butter
1 1/2 tbsp condensed milk
270g icing sugar, sifted
(B)
15 egg yolks
3/4 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp brandy
(C)
135g plain flour, mixed with 2 1/4 tsp mixed spices
(D)
5 egg whites
(E)
40-50g melted butter, for brushing onto cake layers
Method
1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees C ( top & bottom heat )
2. Beat (B) till thick and creamy ( hand-whisked )
3. Beat (A) till fluffy, add in beaten (B) from step 2 and mix well. Slowly mix in (C).
4. Whisk (D) till stiff.
5. Fold in (D) into step 3.
6. Greased and lined a 9″ square tin.
7. Heat up the empty tin in the preheated oven for 3 mins.
8. Weigh 130g batter and spread evenly onto the baking tin. Bake till golden brown.
9. Remove tin from oven, switch oven to grill mode with 220 degrees C (upper heat only).
10. Prick, press and brush with a little melted butter on the cake layer.
11. Weigh 100g batter and spread evenly onto the cake layer and bake till golden brown. Repeat step 10 and 11 till the last layer. ( * 5 mins ++ for each layer )
12. Switch to 180 degrees C ( upper and bottom heat) and bake the last layer till golden brown ( * 10-15 mins )
* may vary according to individual oven performance
13. Remove and leave to cool.
Notes from Chunky Cooky :
- While baking layer by layer, prick only when there are air bubbles rising up and press down with any flat-bottom glass. This is to ensure all layers are flat and nice.
- The purpose of brushing a little melted butter over baked layer is to keep the cake moist.
You did a great job with this cake — it’s not easy! Euforia Confections has these cakes for sale: http://www.euforiaconfections.com/.
love this type of cake but can’t eat too much, too sweet.
Yeah, is also too high calories…: )
Hi Eileen,
Happy New Year!
Wish you all the very best in 2013!
Just like to stop by to wish you Happy New Year!
Thanks Sonia. Happy New Year to you too!
Hi Eileen, Happy New year to you and wish you all the best in 2013.
Hi Amelia, thanks. Best wishes to you in 2013!
This need a lot of patience and hard work! Well done!
Hi Hanushi, I was just thinking of you. Thanks for dropping by: )
this is great! i know it’s not easy baking a kek lapis and you’ve done it beautifully! you know something, infact now i still have 1/2 loaf of kek lapis at home now, given by a friend who went to indonesia recently.
Thanks for your compliments: )
Hi Eileen, delicious kek lapis. Your layering very perfect. I’ve not bake this for a long long time, 3 hours sitting in front of the oven, no joke! LOL
Have a nice week ahead,
Thanks for the compliments: ) I kinda get hook to baking this, thought of baking this again: )
Looks delicious! I can’t stop eating this, if not of the cholestrol on me hahahaa ……
Quite addictive ya: )
you bake it so well.
Thanks Sonia: )
Wow I love this… so much effort to do this. I can eat a whole thing on my own… just don’t think about calories :p
Very labour intensive. Wow, I can never eat the whole lot. I only kept one third of it, the rest was distributed out: )
Wow, looks perfectly baked! You must be very patient indeed to bake layer by layer! All the efforts definitely paid off, by the look of your perfect kek lapis!
Ya, it’s indeed a labour of love and patience , not forgetting of the passion for baking: ).