Honeycomb cake / Kek Sarang. I am always on the quest to look for a new tea time treat. This week's treat is Malaysian honeycomb cake (kek sarang semut), which takes its name from its beehive-like interior, full of little air pockets. The caramel toffee flavour and the spongy, airy texture sure makes this cake a lovely afternoon delight.
It is called Kek Sarang Semut as the holes resemble ants' nest. It is also called Kek Gula Hangus which translates directly into "burnt-sugar cake". It is aptly named such as the sugar is first caramelized to dark amber for that toffee taste and aroma. You can have Honeycomb cake / Kek Sarang using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Honeycomb cake / Kek Sarang
- Prepare of Bahan A :.
- Prepare 1/2-194 gm of susu manis.
- You need 3 sudu makan of mentega.
- You need of Bahan B :.
- Prepare 120 gm of tepung gandum.
- It's 1 sudu teh of serbuk penaik.
- Prepare 1 sudu teh of soda bikarbonat.
- Prepare of Bahan C :.
- Prepare 5 of biji telur.
- Prepare of Bahan D :.
- It's 230 gm of gula halus.
- You need 200 ml of air panas.
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Honeycomb cake / Kek Sarang step by step
- Pukul bahan A hingga sebati..
- Satukan bahan B dan dimasukkan ke dalam adunan A. Pukul hingga sebati..
- Pukul bahan C hingga kembang & campurkan ke dalam adunan tepung tadi..
- Pukul hingga sebati..
- Cairkan gula halus hingga menjadi perang dan gula cair. Masukkan air panas perlahan - lahan..
- Kemudian masukkan perlahan - lahan gula yang dicairkan ke dalam adunan tadi sambil pukul perlahan & sebati..
- Sapu loyang dengan mentega dan tuang adunan ke dalam loyang..
- Bakar pada suhu 180'c selama 40 minit atau sehingga masak..
The cake is called honey comb cake or bee hive cake or kek sarang semut (literally translated as ant's nest in Malay Language). Some may misunderstood the cake as Bingka Ambun, another Indonesian cake that have a bee hive cake structure. Steamed Honeycomb Cake By May MK Ng. Honeycomb cake is unlike any other cake in that the crumb is light, airy and bouncy and has tunnels. It gets its name from its honeycomb-like texture, the result of a chemical reaction when an alkaline rising agent like baking soda reacts with an acidic compound like salt (present in baking powder) when liquid ingredients like egg and water are added.