Kruathip Coconut Layer Cake - Kuih Lapis
Happy Thanksgiving!! We’ll be having dinner at MIL’s house tonite. So I thought I will bring some dessert over for the dinner.
I was into a mood in making dessert/snack/pastries lately. Today I made Kuih Lapis. Bought a box of flour mix - Kruathip Coconut Layer Cake (Kuih Lapis). From the picture of the box, the dessert looks very delicious. I checked out the method and it was not difficult to make at all. The package has a mixture of rice flour, tapioca flour, vanilla powder and sugar. It is a product from Thailand. All I need to add is 230ml of coconut milk. I also bought a new bottle of pandan paste/flavoring/coloring. The price for the box of flour is $0.99 and the pandan paste is $0.99.
Ingredients
Two bowls of mixture - one pandan and one normal white
Steaming the pandan layer
Pandan Kuih Lapis / Coconut Layer Cake
Verdict: It is very easy to follow the instruction and I was able to finish all the steps in 30 minutes. The package didn’t indicate what size of pan we should use for steaming. I used a 9″ baking pan and could only manage very tightly to get 4 layers. The texture is not as smooth as seen on the picture in the box. The taste is OK, it is chewy, unlike the 9 layers kuih we used to eat in Malaysia. I wonder if I should add more coconut milk to it next time to make the texture smoother. May be I will try making this kuih recipe from scratch if I have the time.
Looks good!
posted on November 28th, 2009 at 5:07 am
Mmmm….
Did you buy the Ayam brand coconut milk from there or did you pack it from home? I used the powder form in China, which tastes awful! And I’m told the liquid type is much better LOL
posted on December 2nd, 2009 at 10:21 am
Food was very good. Curry was delicious and creamy, for mild spice the vegetable biriyani was a bit hot but not intollerable. Service was very good as well. Naan was not spectacular at all though. Cozy atmosphere
posted on May 30th, 2010 at 10:56 pm