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Kuih Sarang Semut : Thank God it turned out good.


Very rarely, mistakes make better outcome.

But hey, this sarang semut made it to the rare list. Omputih panggil honeycomb caramel cake.

The mistakes : accidently put extra butter and extra condensed milk in the batter.

The outcome: extra moist and extra ‘sarang’ texture, and fairly sweet. Thank God.

 

The simple formula

A= 1 cup sugar + 1 cup hot water + 100g butter

Heat a cup of sugar until caramelised. Then add a cup of hot water. Be careful. It caused “firecrackers” in the pan. Keep stirring until it dissolves to be a caramel syrup. Put aside for a while.

B= 4 eggs + half tin of condensed milk + a cup of wheat flour + 2 teaspoons of baking soda + 1 spoon of vanilla essence.

Break the eggs in a bowl. Stir. Add condensed milk. Stir. Add flour. Stir. Add baking soda and vanilla essence. Stir. 

Then pour A into B. Stir the mixture.

Leave the batter for an hour.

I did this on a traditional stove with fire. Steam it for a 45 minutes up to an hour, medium heat. Check with a fork or steel chop stick to see if it is cooked.

Note: the original correct way is 75g butter and half cup of condensed milk.

 

Cubalah!

                                    

 

 


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