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Kue Lapis Beras

Indonesian traditional layer cake
Servings 0

Ingredients

  • 130 g each tapioca starch and rice flour
  • 30 g glutinous rice flour
  • 120 g sugar
  • 2 cans of coconut milk 600 ml
  • a pinch or two of salt
  • 2 screw-pine leaves fragrant Pandanus, tied in knots
  • Pandan paste and cocopandan paste you can use food colors

Instructions

  • Bring coconut milk and pandanus leaves to a light boil, simmer for 5 minutes, cool to room temperature
  • Meanwhile, mix flours, starch and sugar in a bowl
  • Once coconut milk is cooled, pour into flour mixture and stir to combine and no lumps
  • Divide batter into 3, add pastes to the other two and leave the 3rd as is
  • Preheat steamer, brush mold lightly with vegetable oil
  • Once steamer is ready, pour some of the white batter, steam for 5 minutes, followed with other batter, alternating colors each time, and steam 5 minutes each time.
  • To avoid steam water drips onto cake, cover the pan with clean tea towel, then top with pan lid
  • Once all batter used up, steam the whole cake for 25 minutes
  • Cool completely before slicing