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廖秀梅 · Pamela Lim

Kueh Lapis (Less Egg Yolk Version)

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I don’t really want to have 12 egg whites sitting in the fridge every time I make a kueh lapis. So when my second daughter is finally home and asked for this treat, I thought we’d do something a little different today.

I decided to make it more like a sponge, but with the fullness of the butter.  I only changed is the egg white:egg yolk ratio. The result is a fluffier kueh lapis.

I don’t think this is an inferior version.  It really depends on preference. On some days, a fluffier version can be more refreshing, and perhaps less jelak (Malay word which means to be satiated by a food, particularly a food that is too rich, to the point that one feels repulsed by it).

食谱

Kueh Lapis (Less Egg Yolk Version)

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材料

  • 12egg yolks
  • 8egg whites
  • 170 gsugar
  • 170 gbutter
  • 1 tspVanilla essence
  • 3 TbspCondensed milk
  • 3 TbspCognac
  • 100 gSelf raising flour
  • 1 tspMixed spice

做法

  1. 01
    Preheat the oven to 200C and set the grill in the oven on.
  2. Egg Yolk Mixture
  3. 02
    Whip egg yolks with 1/3 of sugar until ribbon stage (20-25 minutes).
  4. 03
    Add the vanilla essence, condensed milk and the cognac to this mixture.
  5. Buttercream Mixture
  6. 04
    Cream the butter with a third of the sugar until light and fluffy at medium speed, about 4 minutes.
  7. 05
    Maintaining the speed, add the egg yolk mixture slowly to the cream.
  8. Egg White Mixture
  9. 06
    Whip the egg white until frothy, then add cream of tartar.
  10. 07
    After a minute, add the sugar.
  11. 08
    Beat the egg white mixture to a medium peak at medium speed, on my machine (Kitchenaid liftbowl), it is about 5 minutes.
  12. Combine
  13. 09
    Add the egg white mixture to the cream mixture a third at a time, and folding in carefully.
  14. 10
    Sift the flour and the mixed spices, then fold into the mixture at the same time.
  15. 11
    Set aside on a cool side of the kitchen.
  16. 12
    Line a 9x9 inch square pan.
  17. 13
    Use a ladle, scoop one ladle into the pan. Level this with a spoon or a kueh lapis leveler. This is the the first layer of cake and grill for 2-3 minutes.
  18. 14
    Use a toothpick to poke 8 holes all over the cooked layer of cake.
  19. 15
    Scoop another ladleful, then set it on the grill.
  20. 16
    Keep doing this until the batter is used up.
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