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Kek Lapis Sarawak were commercially introduced to people in Sarawak about 16

years ago.But of course, Kek Lapis Sarawak has been around much longer than that,

as it is traditionally the main staple for the Malays as they celebrate Hari Raya

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 Another unique feature of Sarawak’s open house is the layered cakes. As far 

Sarawak’s famous “Kek Lapis’, the orders keeps on coming especially festive

seasons. With its many designs made of colorful layers of delicious cake bits, the kek

lapis is instantly recognizable as Sarawak-made. The cakes are usually accompanied

with various design, flavors with beautiful fusion of colors.

The combination brings it to the best standard and high quality cake. It is not aboutthe outside beauty with decoration of icing like other kinds of cakes, but it is about the

inner beauty which we can see in every slice of the cake.

The Kek lapis was first introduced back in year 1988 from Indonesia. It was said

during the Ducth Colonial Era, the secret recipe for Kek Lapis was revealed. Until

today the Indonesian most iconic Kek Lapis is Lapis Legit and Lapis Surabaya. From

time to time, the well-known Kek Lapis tend to change recipe in Sarawak. New

recipes and flavours are always in the market today. There are several flavours such

as Horlick, Milo, Strawberry, Vanilla, Nestum, Chocolate, and so on.

In year 2011, a new innovation of Kek Lapis was introduced. It is known as the Kek

Lapis Qalas which combines a mixture of modern techniques and traditional recipes

from their ancestors.

The popular Kek Lapis Qalas is another modern taste and flavour touch created by

Sarawak. Hence Sarawak Kek Lapis is to be categorized as the modern day Kek

Lapis.

Preparation:

The recipe for Kek Lapis is never an easy one. It can be divided into two categories.

First one is with motifs, shapes and colour while the second one is just plain and

simple with two colours. The requirement to make one is the chef must have a very

strong hand or an electric mixer to batter the ingredients. Ingredients consist of eggs,vegetable oil, butter, and other flavours will be mixed together.

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