Recipe for Apang Typical Bugis Cake, Aroma and Taste Makes You Imagine

Apang cake illustration (instagram.com/byghinania)

Have you ever heard of a snack called kue apang? This wet cake is a typical Bugis culinary. The main ingredients consist of rice flour and brown sugar.

Usually, kue apang is served hot, then topped with steamed grated coconut. The sweet, legit taste combines with the savory coconut. Really delicious, really!

The following is a typical Bugis apang cake recipe that you can practice at home. It's perfect for coffee friends in the afternoon!

Ingredients and how to make them

Apang cake illustration (instagram.com/byghinania)

Duration: 45 minutes

Results: 12 servings

Materials:

• 300 grams of rice flour
• 125 grams of wheat flour
• 1.5 tsp instant yeast
• 1 tsp baking powder
• cooking oil for greasing the molds

Sugar water ingredients:

• 500 ml of coconut water
• 250 grams of brown sugar, comb
• 50 grams of sugar
• 2 pandan leaves, tie a knot
• 1/2 tsp salt

Toppings:

• 100 grams of half old coconut, grated
• 1 pandan leaf
• 1/2 tsp salt

How to make:

1. Mix all the topping ingredients, then steam for 10 minutes. Remove and set aside.
2. Next, make a sugar water solution. Prepare a saucepan, then add coconut water, pandan leaves, brown sugar, granulated sugar and salt. Cook, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Remove and leave at room temperature until warm.
3. In a bowl, stir together rice flour, wheat flour, instant yeast and baking powder until smooth. Pour the sugar water solution, then stir using a whisk until smooth.
4. Prepare the mold, then brush a little with cooking oil. Place it in the steamer, then heat it for five minutes.
5. Then, pour the mixture until it is 3/4 full. Steam the dough over high heat for 15 minutes. After that, use medium heat and cook for 15 minutes.
6. Lift and remove from the mold. Serve while warm.

Cooking tips:

1. You can add pandan leaves to the steamed cooking water, so that the steam is more fragrant.
2. If you don't like sweet, you can reduce the use of sugar in the sugar water.
3. Make sure the instant yeast is still active so that the apang cake dough can expand optimally and not get too thick.

That's a typical Bugis apang cake recipe that tastes sweet and legit. Eat it while it's warm, guaranteed to be addicted to the pleasure!

(irp/Maz)