Indonesian Traditional Cake - Lapis Surabaya

Lapis Surabaya is one of the popular Indonesian traditional cakes. In Surabaya this cake is known as Spiku. I consider this cake as a member of Indonesian "layer" cakes family .

What is so special about this cake? It has been made of lots of Egg Yolks, has soft texture and moist.
But does not content spices like Lapis Legit which in The Netherlands is famous with name "Spekkoek".

If Lapis Legit has lots of thin layer, Lapis Surabaya has only 3 layers with chocolate in the middle.
Some people like to make variant with fruit jam & rhum in the middle or cheese creme.

Taste can be different but the traditional variant stays popular especially for people who lives far from the country of origin of this cake.

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Theme Cupcakes

I have always admired the respect that the Japanese give to food. They serve you food as if it were a form of art, meaning that the food is not just pleasant to eat, but it contains quality ingredients, benefits your health, and is both artistic and attractive.

Copying their principle, I bake a variety of flavorful cupcakes that are decorated with a special theme.
The first theme I made was last month for the Halloween celebration which happened during the autumn.

The other theme was for cheerful party, so I chose colorful decoration with flowers here and there. Mostly girls like it, I guess it reminds them about their barbie's dresses.

Some people mostly adults prefer classic decoration such as creme cheese or butter creme on top of Coffee-Cashewnut Cupcakes ( I call it " 3C") or Carrot-Orange Cupcakes ( I call it "The Orange").
Ingredients list will accompanied the cupcakes in case people has diet or allergic, also to give comfortable feeling by knowing what they eat since not all cupcakes I made with butter but some are made with sunflower oil.

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