Saturday 17 October 2009

kek batik...

so this is batik...indonesia's famous fabric designs that they are very proud of...

and this...

is kek batik or batik cake...which i am very proud of...

and no, it wasn't baked in my antique oven...i seem to be having a bit of a blockage with the oven for the moment and found out about this delightful cake when i was in Singapore recently. a friend had it at their house for Hari Raya and when i tasted it i fell instantly in love with the taste, flavour, the whole deal...the cake was very chocolately, with a fudgey-cake like consistency and yet the sweetness of the biscuits mixed in there too. a perfect combination! so when i got back to Bali i had a search on the internet and found a few recipes and decided to just take my chances, pick one and hope for the best. making the cake was easy. it's all done on the stove top - eggs, butter, sugar, milo, cocoa, condensed milk and vanilla extract. then when you reach the right consistency you mix in the broken up biscuits, put it in a baking tin and stick it in the fridge overnight. i was worried that it wouldn't set and firm up properly. but it set wonderfully and was easy to slice too. i made this for a get-together at a friend's place and it went down a treat. seconds all round and lots of lip licking and tongue smacking! oh, the joy to be able to add another no-bake to my repertoire!

an absolute MUST to make and try yourself!

12 comments:

shieda said...

hye...
i love kek batik..
i have my own recipe...
and its so easy to make.
really a treat.
cheers!!

Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella said...

That so clever doing a batik cake Sinead! Gorgeous stuff :D

Choclette said...

Love the name and it looks so good. Will have to try this out. What is milo? And do you have quantities?

San Francisco Catering said...

I like this, it looked good. I might use it in my San Francisco catering business

Anita said...

No bake - yay!! It looks fantastic!

Down Pillows said...

Yummmy! I love all of this. mouth watering batik.

Unknown said...

hey,
this cake looks gorgeous!
but can you please send a complete recepe with all the amounts of ingredients and yes, is milo=milk?!
thanks a lot in advance!
really would like to'bake' this cake!
greetings
kim

Kate said...

hey, i love the look of that cake! One question...when are you going to start up your blog again!!
I keep checking back and i dont see any!
Also, how do i follow you?!

x

cakes to vijayawada said...

uuuuu....I like it. So nice...

kekbatiklovers said...

hi i like eating this cake, FYI to those asking what is MILO? it is a choc powde manufacture b Nestle (i tot evryone know this) u can goggle it :) very famous in asean country :)

Unknown said...

I'm back up and running again now that I have a good oven! I think you can follow by blogger. You have to subscribe :)

Unknown said...

If you google it you can get a pretty standard recipe with measurements. Lots of variations on the internet.