Monday, January 19, 2009

Lapis Legit

Now, a great food souvenir to take if you had paid a visit to Indonesia:
Lapis Legit, also known as: Spekkoek (thanks to wiki)
Although, it might look a bit different from Wiki's picture file, but the description is roughly the same. What's so special about this is that, the making process of this cake is done layer by layer.
As you can see from the picture below, each line should represent the border of one layer to another. So what I understand is the first layer will be baked first, then the liquid dough is poured again and baked again until the top. Which might explains about the dark colored thin lines.





Ooops taking in the bite!

And yeah, according to wiki, this cake, is actually Dutch-Indonesian!
Probably was developed during the colonization period, and is said to be using Dutch cake recipe with Indonesian ingredients.
Okay, and now, more importantly, whether it's worth buying or trying:

Appearance ♥♥♥♥◦ Lines are adorable aren't they.. Simple look yet it's rather appealing
Tastiness
♥♥♥♥◦ - ♥♥♥♥♥ Generally, it's just unique, the taste of this cake.. Unique and yummy
Sinfulness ♥♥♥♥◦ Uhm, since the baking is layer by layer, each layer is buttered after the baking which is why this cake is oily. Despite the oiliness, it still tastes great!

Thanks to Hans for sharing this cake with us! Forgot to buy this from Indo

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