How To Prepare Bika Ambon (Honeycomb Cake)

Preparation: 

Preparation time: 40 min

Cooking time: 40 min

Serving: 4

Ingredients:

• 75 ml warm water
• 6 g instant yeast

Batter Ingredients:

• 150 g tapioca flour
• 75 g wheat flour
• 150 g sugar
• 3 eggs
• 30 g margarine, melted
• 3 g salt
• 150 ml thick coconut milk
• 150 ml water
• 1 stick lemongrass
• 4 kaffir lime leaves
• 1 tsp turmeric powder

Instructions:

1. Start the yeast

• Add yeast and warm water into a bowl and stir until the yeast dissolves.
• Cover using plastic wrap and let stand for 15 minutes until the yeast expands to twice the volume or foams.

• Using a medium-sized saucepan, cook the coconut milk with water, sugar salt, turmeric powder, lemongrass, and kaffir lime leaves until it comes to a boil.
• Once it boils, take it off the heat. Let it cool to room temperature, and strain it.

• Prepare a medium-sized bowl. Add in the flour, and tapioca flour. Slowly pour the cooled coconut milk while stirring until there are no lumps of flour.
• Add the eggs and margarine, and stir until evenly distributed.
• Then add the yeast, and stir again until evenly distributed. Cover using plastic wrapping, and let stand for 30 minutes until the dough rises.
• Make sure the instant yeast is still active, otherwise the cake won’t rise.

• Prepare a Bika Ambon mold with a capacity of 75 grams. Then heat it until it's really hot. Once it is well heated, reduce the heat.
• Pour about 75 ml of the Bika Ambon batter. Cook the Bika Ambon until the sides are golden brown and cooked. Then remove and set aside.