CARAMEL CAKE (Kek Gula Hangus / Kek Sarang Semut)
Yes, I did it! Hehee....! I searched the recipe, found it and tried it. Some call it Ant's Nest Cake. Well, the result, WONDERFUL! The rich caramel aroma filled the house when I baked it and it tasted to good. Springy texture with lots of 'airholes', just like the ants nest..hehehe!
I was given a version of this recipe many years ago by a family acquaintance, however, she did not give a thorough explanation of how to make it. All she said was, follow the recipe and bake as per normal. I remember trying it twice, and both times, the cake failed to cook nicely becoming leathery and tough. I even remember that at one occasion, the cake got so oily whilst baking, with the oil rising to the surface....gosh! And since then I told myself to just lay off this cake for awhile and try something else.
So last week, I found this recipe, got enough courage and baked it. I was GLAD :)
CARAMEL CAKE (Kek Gula Hangus / Sarang Semut)
Prepare 8" pan, greased and lined.
prepare caramel:
1 cup castor sugar
1 cup hot water
50gm butter
- place sugar in a heavy pan over a slow fire and allow to carmelize (very dark brown). This colour is important as it'll determine the colour of your cake.
- remove from heat.
- with oven mits, slowly pour the hot water into the caramel. Be careful as this will result to lots of hot steam. Stir till you get syrup.
- add butter and allow butter to melt in this syrup. Stir and put aside.
4 eggs
1 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
-Sieve flour with bicarbonate of soda.
-Beat the eggs till frothy.
-Add condensed milk and continue beating.
-Fold in flour
-Add caramel mix to egg batter and mix thoroughly.
Pour batter into pan. Cover with aluminium foil and let it sit for at least 1-3hrs.
Heat up oven to 160deg. Bake in lower heat for 30 mins and switch to up and down heat for the next 20mins.
Enjoy!
Sheen Mars is a SAHM with 2 lovely boys who loves the simple pleasures of home-cooked meals. Get more scrumptious ideas on Sheen's Tea-time and Simple Desserts Treats (Western and Asian).
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