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A few slices of Lapis Surabaya on a glass tray.
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Lapis Surabaya

This is a traditional and original recipe for Surabaya Layer Cake, a famous old-time cake from Indonesia. It uses lots of eggs and butter, making it very moist and soft!
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time55 minutes
Course: Cake, Dessert, Desserts
Cuisine: Asian, Indonesian
Servings: 24 slices
Calories: 328kcal
Author: Claudia

Equipment

  • 3 baking pan 24x24x4 cm
  • 1 standing kitchen mixer
  • 1 hand mixer

Ingredients

  • 800 gr egg yolk around 53-55 eggs
  • 200 gr whole egg 4 eggs
  • 380 gr confectionery sugar
  • 40 gr cornstarch
  • 40 gr milk powder
  • 100 gr flour
  • 600 gr butter
  • Strawberry jam or Chocolate jam

Instructions

  • In a mixing bowl, mix the egg yolk, whole eggs, and powdered sugar with low speed, gradually to high speed for 10-15 minutes.
  • The batter should be pale and thick. Pour in the dry ingredients: corn starch, milk powder, cake flour. Sieve the dry ingredients first.
  • Prepare the butter in room temperature. When it softens, mix it with low speed for a while, gradually turn it up to high speed until pale and light.
  • Mix the butter into the egg mixture with a spatula. Fold the batter and make sure you see the pale butter blend well with the egg batter.
  • Once you are done mixing and folding, divide the whole batter into 3 parts.
  • Keep 2 parts as they are (yellow), put in cocoa powder and 1 tsp of chocolate paste in the other one. Mix well.
  • Pour the batter in the greased 24x24 cm pan, already lined with
    baking paper.
  • Bake in the preheated oven 180°C for 20 minutes.
  • Take out the pan from the oven, and take out the cake from the
    pan. Let it cool on the cooling rack.
  • Spread some jam on one side of the yellow cake and 2 sides on the chocolate cake. Assemble the cake together, yellow, chocolate, yellow accordingly.
  • Let the cake set for an hour at least. You can slice the cake and wrap each slices with a nice packaging. Enjoy!

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Notes

  • Let the cake settle, the next day the cake gets moister and it will be more delicious.
  • When mixing the butter mixture and the egg mixture, you need to fold very swiftly. Not too fast and not too slow, either. You can use spatula or a whisk.
  • Remember to beat the egg mixture until pale and light. Check if it leaves trail. It will be around 10-15 minutes, to be safe.

Nutrition

Serving: 1slice | Calories: 328kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 446mg | Sodium: 195mg | Potassium: 81mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 1166IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 70mg | Iron: 1mg