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Honeycomb Cake / Kek Gula Hangus

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Honeycomb Cake / Kek Gula Hangus - Baking is one of my favorite pastimes. I enjoy baking cookies, cakes, breads, pies, muffins, cupcakes, and much more. When I was a kid, I loved watching my mother cook. As a full-time housewife, she was very. It is called Kek Sarang Semut as the holes resemble ants' nest.

Honeycomb Cake / Kek Gula Hangus

It is aptly named such as the sugar is first caramelized to dark amber for that toffee taste and aroma.

It has a springy, slight chewy texture and in case you are wondering, a strong toffee flavour to the cake.

You can have Honeycomb Cake / Kek Gula Hangus using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients make Honeycomb Cake / Kek Gula Hangus

  1. It's 1 1/2 cup sugar.
  2. Prepare 1 cup water.
  3. It's 50 gram margarine/butter.
  4. You need 4 eggs.
  5. You need 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk.
  6. It's 1 cup all purpose flour.
  7. You need 1 tsp baking soda.
  8. Prepare 1 tsp vanilla essence.

Honeycomb Cake / Kek Gula Hangus instructions

  1. Melt sugar in pan on medium heat. Let it burn slightly..
  2. When sugar is completely dissolved, add water. SLOWLY. Do not burn yourself ;).
  3. Add margarine/butter. Stir well. Turn off heat. Let the sugar mixture cool completely..
  4. Prepare the batter. Beat eggs and condensed milk..
  5. Add flour, baking soda, and vanilla essence. Beat again until well mixed..
  6. Add the cooled sugar mixture and let batter rest for 3-4 hours. This step is essential to achieve the honeycomb structure..
  7. You can choose to bake or steam it. Bake at 150°C for 1 hour / Steam for 1 hour..

Honeycomb Cake / Kek Gula Hangus - A really old recipe, this cake is also known as Caramel Cake, Burnt Sugar Cake, Kek Gula Hangus, Kek Sarang Lebah and Kek Sarang Semut. Not to be confused with Kueh Bingka or Bika Ambon. The kek gula hangus or burnt sugar cake is a unique cake favourite among Malaysians. Its main flavour comes from caramelizing white sugar until slightly burnt, and a hint of vanilla using essence of vanilla. What makes this cake special however, is its soft and bouncy texture that resembles a honeycomb or an ants' nest, hence the alternate name kek sarang semut. Kek Gula Hangus or Honeycomb cake is a traditional Malay cake. The look of the cake/cakes you order may vary from the pictures shown. Thank you and good luck