While you might not be able to find the best Kuih Lapis elsewhere, this recipe will sure to make some good one out of it! Layers by layers, mmm, sweet memories indeed!
Ingredients A / 材料A 1½ cup water / 水 1½杯 200g caster sugar / 幼糖 200克 3 pandan leaves / 班兰叶 3片
Ingredients B / 材料B 200g rice flour / 粘米粉 200克 3 tbsp green bean flour / 绿豆粉 3汤匙 1½ cup water / 水 1½杯 200ml thick coconut milk / 浓椰浆 200毫升 Some pink, green and orange red colouring / 粉红、青和橙红色素少许
Method
1. Place Ingredients B (except colouring) in a large bowl and mix until smooth. Leave aside. 材料B(色素除外)放入大碗内,搅拌至柔滑。搁置备用。
2. Add caster sugar and pandan leaves in a pot. Add in water and cook over medium heat until sugar dissolves. 锅中加入幼糖和班兰叶,然后加入水,以中火煮至糖溶化。
3. Immediately pour the pandan syrup into flour mixture and stir well. Strain the mixture through a sieve. 马上将班兰糖浆倒入粘米粉混合料中,拌匀后过筛。
4. Reserve two ½ cups of batter. Add green colouring to the first ½ cup and mix well. Add orange red colouring to the second ½ cup and mix well. 保留两份面糊,每份½杯。将青色素和橙红色素分别加入½杯面糊中拌匀。
5. Divide the remaining batter into two equal portions. Add pink colouring to the first portion and keeping the second portion white. 将剩余的面糊分成两等份,其中一份加入粉红色素拌匀。另一份保留白色。
6. Line and grease a 7-inch square cake tin with plastic sheet. 取一7寸四方蛋糕模,抹油后垫上塑胶纸。
7. Pour ½ cup (115g-120g) of white batter into the tin and steam over medium heat for 4 minutes. 将½杯(115克-120克)白面糊倒入蛋糕模内,以中火蒸4分钟。
8. Pour ½ cup of pink batter into the tin and steam for another 4 minutes. 倒入½杯粉红面糊,再蒸4分钟。
9. Repeat Method 7-8 and steam each layer for 4 minutes. 重复做法7-8,每层蒸4分钟。
10. Pour green batter into the tin and steam for 4 minutes. 将青面糊倒入蛋糕模内,蒸4分钟。
11. Pour ½ cup of pink batter into the tin and steam for 4 minutes. 倒入½杯粉红面糊,再蒸4分钟。
12. Pour ½ cup of white batter into the tin and steam for another 4 minutes. 倒入½杯粉白面糊,再蒸4分钟。
13. Repeat Method 11-12 and steam each layer for 4 minutes. 重复做法11-12,每层蒸4分钟。
14. Lastly pour orange red batter into the tin. Steam over low heat for 30 minutes. 最后倒入橙红面糊,以小火蒸30分钟。
15. Remove the tin from steamer and leave to cool before cutting. 取出蛋糕模,搁置待凉后即可切块。