Kueh lapis

Kuih Lapis also known as kue lapis or Gao teng Kueh (九层糕) is a traditional Asian dessert. Malaysians, Indonesians and Singaporeans popular desserts.

When I was younger, I’ve always looked forward to Chinese New Year because of all the wonderful goodies that we get to eat! Among all the snacks, my favourite has to be the Indonesian Thousan…

Delicious buttery cake. Yum!

Learn how to make gao teng kueh (jiu cheng gao) with an amazingly springy soft texture and can be torn layer by layer with all the tips you need to know.

My journal as a Singaporean home baker and cook on tried and tested recipes.

Kueh lapis is a traditional cake built up of nine layers of rice pudding. It has a wobbly and soft texture with a distinctive coconut milk flavour. The colourful steamed cake has Indonesian origins and is widely enjoyed in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei.

made with glutinous rice flour, The nonyas had included layers of colours which made it lovely to look and its stated the green colouring used to be from pandan, blue from bunga telang and white is the original coconut milk flavour with no colouring and so on...

Ingredients 7 inch square baking tin 50 g rice flour 220 g tapioca flour - sieved 120 g green bean flour 30 g sago flour 300 ml thick coconut milk 150 ml water Few drops of food colouring (green, red, pink, yellow, purple) Seasoning 400 g sugar 300 ml thick coconut milk 2-3 pieces…

Easy to follow recipes for delicious home cooked meals.