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Ben 10 cake??




Yep yep thats what my little Sonia has been calling this pandan layer cake.. shes so so funny.. shes so into green these couple of weeks.. the moment she saw me slicing this cake.. she said to me with a wide eyes..." uuuhhhhh mamaaaaa... greennn... Ben 10 cakeeeeeeee!!" .. hahaha






I love green.. i remembered very well the time i decorated my whole house with shades of baby green and pink.. eventho it was more than a decade ago.. i cud still remember it very well.. i was so so into english country that my house was featured in one of the top home magazines here.. Home Sweet Home (HSH) to be exact.. that was the proudest moment of my life! not cos i felt proud of the things i had in my home.. its more abt what i had achieved in my skills of home decorating... most of my nick nacks i got fm the US.. ohhh how i miss hunting for it during my several trips to the US ..


For some reason my old home was chosen and let me tell u one thing.. it wasnt easy cos it took them the whole day doing it.. taking photos and all that.. for me i didnt really care eventho my house was full of strangers.. i was too busy baking cookies for them and entertaining the editor and the rest of his crew.. it was good fun.. i love english country and my passion for it has never changed eventho right now our house is based on simple colonial style.. hb is not a big fan of english country and anything that is associated with flowers is a no no.... he doesnt like anything cluttered and even our bedsheets dont hv any flowery motif.. bedsheet has to be simple and has to be white with bold coloured borders.. threadcount has to be 800 and abv.. hehhe.. thats how fussy he is when it comes to bedsheets!





Anyhow better not complaint too much.. i love the way i decorate my home now eventho its not english country .. i still get to live in a house that is so easy to maintain compared to bef where i had to dust all the nick nacks every single day. I go to the nursery every weekend to get fresh flowers..ohhh i love fresh flowers alot.. not a big fan of roses .. i do love lilies tho.. i love all things green and white and pink..

So ok lets move on to this layer cake.. eeek i didnt realise i hv been blaberring abt house decorating in my food blog hahahha... i baked it last night bef we went to visit mom and nyai.. i gave mom and lyn 3/4 of the cake.. i kept 1/4 for my photo shoot and only tasted it this morning.. if u wanna know how it tastes like.. imagine eating pandan butter cake hahahha.. i loikeeee!


Ingredients
(A)
450g butter - I used golden churn
200g caster sugar
21 egg yolks
4 tbsp condensed milk

(B)
160g caster sugar
10 egg whites
1/2 tsp cream of tartar

(C)
270g Hong Kong flour
4 tbsp coconut milk powder (KARA)
1/2 tsp baking powder

(D)
2 tsp green colouring - I used powder type for making macarons
2 tsp pandan paste or emulco






Method
1. Using a stand mixer.. whisk butter, sugar and condense milk till fluffy.. add egg yolks one at a time and continue to whisk till well combined.. set aside
2. In another bowl.. whisk egg white and cream of tartar till bubbly.. add in sugar a little at a time and continue to whisk on high speed till it turns soft/hard peak.
3. Sieve ingredients C and add to ingredients A - (i used mixer to mix it using low speed).. Once mix.. fold in egg white mixture
4. Weigh and divide batter into two equal part.. one part add in pandan paste and green colour.. the other remain plain.
5. Greased 8x8 cake pan and start ur journey of baking 26 layers of batter.. standing and checking and looking at ur cake till u bake ur last layer hahahha
6. Temp that i am using is 175C.. each layer weigh 76g.. grill (upper fire) each layer for 5 mins.. dont forget to spread melted butter on every layer and also bake last layer using upper and lower fire for 15 mins (7 mins into baking cover ur pan with aluminium foil so as to avoid ur cake turns too dark)






So thats it peeps.. I really hv to go cos i need to get some things ready bef our dinner appt.. tonight i will hv to stay up a little longer cos i wanna bake congo bars for my kaki's in concorde hotel..




See you in KL aunties!!!

Source: Citarasawan

58 comments:

Wen said...

This is so beautiful and evenly layered. Nice pictures!

CS said...

Rima
Am all alone at home sambil terkebil2 peratikan Sonia pegang sepiring Ben 10 cake...

mamaya said...

Cantik kek lapis hijau Rima tu...byk lapis dan kemas...suka nengok.
model tu pun suka nengok..comeiii..

hana said...

Klu sifu kek lapis yg buat mmg PERFECT!!! tengok gambo ajer aku dah jatuh tangga! Apalagik klu dpt makan, pingsan terus!!

Mas said...

terpegunnya mas tengok kek lapis tu...cantik sangat....memang tabik ngan kak rima....

Sizuka said...

wow rima! it's perfect. i think if i were to measure each lapis, it will be the exact length. :D

zarin said...

26 layers ek? adoiii sanggup ke tak nak buat ni? hehehe
tersangat suka makan layer cakes but masih tak reti reti lagi nak buat sendiri nih...know what, i asyik drool over u layer cakes tau! punya byk amik recipe tp satu pun tk buat coz takut tk sanggup nk tunggu ;-)

Anonymous said...

Hi rima...fantastic! Just love your energy and aura. Show us the photos of your old house. Love to see it. I'm one of your new followers....Keep up your good work. Regards Kak sue

3E said...

Pergh!!!!! Kak Rima..tabik spring lah kat u...I sangat2 kagum sebab u terer giles bikin cakes lapis...ntah bila ah I boleh buat ni.....kena tunggu semangat jitu datang baru boleh bikin...
anyway, I sudah buat congo bars tu...as u said..memang laku sangat2...will do it again!!!...
mmm, kak rima nak turun KL ke? Bila?
kalau time ok..maybe boleh jumpa...:-))

DG said...

Nicely baked and very neat lapis. Like the colour combination too!

silcleo said...

i love green too!! as you well know.. :-)
Sonia's hair is so long! I miss her to bits.
1 month to go!!
xxxx

Rizd said...

Perfect!!! Love the beautiful layers n color..am very sure it taste as good as it look!..n u have a perfect model for the perfect kek lapis :) hugs n kisses to Sonia...as I typed I'm waiting for my Donna hays chocolate cheesecake brownies to be baked..harap2 jadilah yer....

Yat Maria said...

Goshhh!!!! what a lovely lapis..so cun the layers..halus mulus..tipis lepis..erkk lepis apakemenda ek..macam mana lah u leh hv the patience lapis sampai halus mlus cam tu..sih...kudos to u babe..

ai dah fening lalat nih tetap nak comment after seeing such a lovely cake..baru balik umah inlaws..makan ubat runny nose kat sana..mata steam kodok pon leh terbeliak nampak ni cake arrr...

Rima said...

Hi Wen
Ty ty.. u shud try and bake it cos its like eating pandan cake :o)

Rima said...

Hehe cik som.. jaga2 nanti juling mata kalau tengok lama sangat budak sonia ni :op

Rima said...

Ty Mamaya.. model tu memang part cake .. dia suka nengok and makan hehe

Rima said...

Hana..
Kalau buat orang ketawa nbr one in the world hahaha.. if macam gitew tak yah rasa lah.. nanti pengsan siapa yg susah.. akuuuu jugakkkkk hahahah

Rima said...

Thank u Mas.. hijau tu menawan kan?? :o)

Rima said...

Ade ade aje lah u Sizuka.. cuba u buat.. sure within 2 hrs dah settle hehe

Rima said...

Zarin
Selalu kalau kita suka makan benda tu sure bila kita bake it.. akan menjadi one.. cuba lah.. 26 layers x 5 mins = u hv the whole cake to urself.. ahhhh good deal kan :op

Rima said...

HI K Sue
Welcome welcome.. hope u are here to stay :op

Adoi nak show my old house pic?? actually kan all the pics of my masa silam i dah ceruk kat satu kotak.. tak leh bukak cos byk kenangan.. if keluar kan balik all the old album nanti terlihat gambar2 yg tak elok di mata haahha.. nanti i will look for the magazine.. tak tahu mana i letak pun.. maklum that magazine dah 12yrs old :o)

Rima said...

hehehe 3E.. tak leh angs each time i baca that word tabik spring kahkahkah

I will be in KL till tuesday.. u email me ok

Good girl.. now i rasa puas hati bila orang dah ikut i tambah kan lemak di badan muahahahah

Rima said...

Ty DG.. I love it too! :o)

Rima said...

Woahhh SIL.. long time no see here heheh.. yes i do know that and yes sonia likes green too.. err for now that is.. we are green ppl heheh

Yayyyy 1 more month to go!!!

Bussi xxx

Rima said...

Ty RIzd
Insya allah sure menjadi one.. lepas tu if makan ingat i tauuu hehehe

Model tu FOC .. tu sebab gambar nye jadi cantik hahaha

Rima said...

Adehhh babe.. pls take care ok.. rest well.. musim lah bukan ape..

Lepes.. ape tu.. cuba explain sikit hahaha

Patience .. ape tu.. cuba explain sikit muakahkahka

harus ade lots of patience when it comes to baking cake lapis or else if cake tak jadi.. ayam yg bertelur tu nangis tau hihihi

alamak dah azan.. u take care ok.. got to shower and sholat.. tty again!

ijayuji said...

Kak rimaaaa!!!!!! speechlesss tgk layer dia! mmg samaaaaaaa jerrrr pastu tingginnyerrrrrr umah tingkat akak! agak2nyer kan kalau kita yg buat ni baper tahun leh pandai ni???? wakakakakaka.... nak tunggu sampai tua tgn gigil2 dah tak jd layerr dahhhh, terus jd marble! :D mmg salute kat akak bab2 lapis niii ;-)

ijayuji said...

btw kak rima, each layer tu akak guna berapa byk sukatan dia untuk dpt kenipisan mcm akak tu? eeeeeee... geram betul tgk kek lapis akak ni! kot kot nak TER buat :D harus kumpul telo dulu wakakakaka....

Anonymous said...

Tank Kiu tank Kiu tank kiu.... For d cake!!!! Lapis...has always been my FAVOURITE.... Yummy!! Finis Liao.. *burp*.. li-lin..

zarin said...

i think one of these days i kena buat jugak..tiap kali tengok your layer cakes tu terus i punya saliva meleleh leleh je..haaa tadi dah beli 30 biji telur dah...man tau kot kot nanti i terbuat sebijik layer kek ni kan! telur grade A ok kan?
btw, beru terperasan u ada kat kl ke ths wk? stay kat mana?

SurayaCoghlan said...

Rima...

tunjuk lah gambar rumah baru and also lama.dah belajar buat kek dari you nak jugak belajar hias rumah dari you jugak..hehe.

eh..i'm flying off to KL on the 19th Dec.Will be in KL for a month insyaallah.Apa lagi ke Harrods kita?? haha. (macam lah tak de tempat lain nak jumpa..haha)

BEAUTY said...

i saw a ben 10 slipper at jb and suddenly i remember sonia.thought of buying for her but however my daughter told me "MUM...PLSE,SONIA IS A GIRL.STOP THE BEN 10".oh how i miss both sonia and danifah..remember the trip at bangkok.stay sweet k dear and to kak ima,gil,sonia,mum n dad..enjoy k.next time we go KL together

Rima said...

Lahhhh Ijahhh cam mana nak jadi PA akak niii.. hahaha.. pi baca tu method.. kat situ i stated each layer 76g.. bake it for 5 mins.. if bake sekarang ade chance tingkat nye tinggi.. if dah tua kerepot baru nak buat.. gigil gigil memang dah sah kek lapis mu akan jadi kek marble kahkahkah

Rima said...

Burppp lagi sedap especially when its perrrr muaakahkahkah

Rima said...

Zarin
whenever we are in KL dari dolu sampai lah sekarang.. dari tak preggie sampai lah sonia dah terkeluar dari tummy.. concorde adelah idaman hati kuuuu hahahha

Cuba lah.. dah beli telur tu.. sayang kalau tak asar skill hehhehe.. my eggs are usually 60g each.

Rima said...

Sue
Jadi kitaaaa hahaha.. 19 eh.. insyallah.. we will be away fm the 26th to the 11th.. then most probably will do a roadtrip to phuket for our typical year end asia roadtrip fm the 16th.. i hope i can see u when we drive thru KL bef christmas eve.. so Harrods is a must hehehe

Alamak tu gambar rumah lama didalam kotak yg penuh dgn kenangan lama.. kalau nak keluar kan balik akan membuat hati ku guris lah.. cheeee baahhhhh kahkahkah..

Rima said...

OHhhhh tidakkkk Beauty.. kau membuat ku sungguh touching hahahha.. okok.. phuket satu!! tiger show nampak hahahaha

Unknown said...

HI,

You really a lapis queen...very well done!. I wish I can bake one like yours, tapi worry abt my cholesterol...pula! I will try to make it ONE day.

BTW, I am a Malaysian staying in Thailand for almost 5 years now.

Hope to see you in Thailand..

KG said...

coming to kl....give me a buzz haqyani@gmail.com...setakat klcc or pavi just 5 mins frm office!

yeah this kek lapis fever is coming back...gotta bake for raya hj!

Rima said...

Serena
Not lapis queen lah.. just one of her subjects hehehe

My ticket has been booked for March next year.. so if panjang umur.. we will meet up ah..

Rima said...

Memang pun KG.. nak raya.. nak depavali hhehehe.. tmrw if u free sms me ok :o)

Mat Gebu said...

salam rimaa...
Macam nak penggsaannn mat gebu tengok kek lapis yang nihhh...haha

Rima said...

Jangannnn cik Mat.. nanti siapa yg susah.. akuuuuuu jugak hahahha

zarin said...

hi rima,
finally i baked this cake and i love it!! thanks for sharing the recipe ye!

Rima said...

No worries and Well done Zarin.. glad u like it! :op

Arlin said...

Hi again Rima! (Actually should I address you as Kak Rima? I'm never too sure about these things...) I just wanted to say I baked this pandan lapis (aka Ben 10 cake :) last weekend! Heheh...and alhamdulillah cakenye turned out not too bad...(this is only my 3rd attempt at making a cake lapis!) Heheh...I tak boleh tidur fikirkan abt this cake...macam such a challange...so I woke up bright and early last Saturday morning and spent 5 hours in the kitchen just making this! Just thought i'd tell you thanks again..for sharing the recipe! I'm still excited that the cake jadi quite sempurna. yay!! :))

Rima said...

I can imagine Arlin... ur cake looks good.. the layering is perfect.. the colour is perfect.. well done dear and no worries.. recipe is there for u to try..

Happy baking!

Swee San said...

this is so pretty. Can i know what difference does the hong Kong flour make ?

Rima said...

Swee San
SOrry for my late reply... HK flour is low in gluten.. best used for sponge cake, paus etc etc etc.. its super lite and u can sub with cake flour if u dont hv hk flour on hand

kid said...

your blog's so beautiful. Everything's so great.

kid said...

I'm really sorry. After I post a comment, I realized that your page is a website not a blog. I just want to say apologize

Rima said...

Ty Kid.. welcome welcome to this humble blog of mine :o)

kid said...

thanks for youe kindness :)

Anonymous said...

Dear Rima,

I did the pandan lapis kek over the weekend. Oh well, what can i say - another great cake. Many thanks for sharing with us your great recipes. Just one question, what is the purpose of spreading butter on each layer?

Thanks,
Prima

Rima said...

Prima
heheh fm the very first day i started baking kek lapis.. since i was 18 i think. i hv been spreading melted butter on every layer.. my aunt says that it will moisten my cake.. hmmm up to now.. even if the recipe didnt stated that i hv to spread butter.. i still do so :op

Unknown said...

Hi... I got your blog from a friend. Your layer cakes look gorgeous! I try to make The "Ben 10 Cake", but unfortunately it didn't work :(. It's my first time... I think it's because I use too high temperature on my oven. I have a grill function, but I never use it, when I put 170 degree, The layer wasn't turn to golden brown, but it was still soft on top. I was a bit confuse, so... I use fan assisted. The result... My layer cake was very hard :((, not as soft as a normal layer cake... and some of the layer was open (just like laughing). Do you have any sugesstion?

Rima said...

Cake house
ty for coming to this humble blog of mine.. i am sorry to hear that ur lapis didnt turned out the way it shud be.. i think u hv overbaked ur cake and thus the reason why ur layer was open and dry.. do not use fan assisted.. use grill function and thats it.. every oven has their own temperamental.. if u said that its not brown enough.. u use 180C and bake it for 8 to 10 mins?? gv it a try ok

Layer was open.. it means.. over baked..

Anonymous said...

Dear Rima,

I've tried this recipe, and with success! the taste is good, only the layers are a bit thick. not like your lapis, they are much thinner and same thickness on each layer. what do you use to get such thin layers ? thank you

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Hi.. I am a SAHM to 2 kiddoes..19yr old boy n 2 year old girl.. met my Austrian hubby here in Singapore and hv been living here all my life... my love for baking started when i was 6mths preggie to my daughter, Sonia... my addiction to baking has not stop eversince.. I hope to learn as much as i can abt baking and decorating and then share it with u along the way..