PRACTICE ACTIVITY 19 (ENG VER)

Hi You,

          I will tell you about my activities as usual in the kitchen and this time I will make one of the Traditional Cakes, Lapis Legit ( Spekkoek ), Lapis Legit is no stranger to Indonesians because there are many productions that make it easy to reach then the price is friendly in the mother's pocket, indirectly discussing Lapis Legit will definitely think of cakes that have many layers that have yellow color and each layer is brownish and tastes distinctive so on this occasion I will explain how to make this Traditional Cake.

           Spekkoek (kue lapis legit or spekuk in Indonesian) is a type of Indonesian layer cake. It was developed during colonial times in the Dutch East Indies. The firm-textured cake is an Indo (Dutch-Indonesian) version of the European multi-layered spit cake. However it is not baked on a rotating spit, and contains a mix of Indonesian spices, such as cardamom, cinnamon, clove, mace and anise. The cake is made of flour and yolk and is rich in butter or margarine.

           Spekkoek is popular in Indonesia and is served as a holiday treat, especially for natal, imlek, and lebaran. 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.

           Prepare the tools and ingredients to be used, then weigh according to the recipe standard in making Lapis Legit, it is easy because it has to be patient in working on each layer then each layer must be flat so that when we cut later the results are good.

            Beat Eggs, Icing Sugar, and TBM until they are stiff as they like a make Sponge Cake, use Icing Sugar to speed up the foaming process and the sugar will dissolve more easily.

           Then add the Rum and Sweetened Condensed Milk, stirring until evenly distributed, Rum serves as the aroma of Lapis Legit later but don't over it too because it will give a bitter taste and excessive aroma.

           After that, enter the other dry ingredients that have been mixed first are flour, milk powder, Cornstrack, Baking Powder, Vanilla, and Spekkuk Powder especially Lapis Legit. Add little by little to the absence of lumps in the dough.

           The last enter the melted butter, the melted butter is cold so cool it first or do it at the beginning so the butter is cold if the hot butter will affect the dough later, the dough will shrink due to heat and the egg in the dough will cook so that the dough breaks .

           If the dough is finished then it's time to make the layer on legit, put the dough into the butter-coated pan and the bottom give the oil paper so that it doesn't bend at the time of turning, smooth the dough into the mold and try to have a thickness so that the thickness is on each layer same.

            Then put it in the Salamander until the top is browned then give the dough again and do it repeatedly until the pan is full, to make Lapis Legit mature the inside put in the oven for 15-20 minutes because when the Salamander we only need the color of each layer so the dough not really mature.

            Now this is the result that my group makes, using a larger baking pan will make it easier to flatten the dough so that each layer looks straight, if at home the Salamander tool is not available we can also use the Oven to make each layer brownish only using the Oven for a little while getting brown color on the top or each layer.

           That was my activity in the kitchen, especially Pastry and Bakery. I hope you enjoy it and if you have questions, please comment below.