Exhibit A
I think, I think, only in Indonesia people can find a brownie that is steamed. I personally never consider it as brownies. Steamed-rich-chocolate-layer cake, that’s what it is. I’m not a big fan of it, either. I just like this shot and am looking for a reason to put it up on this blog. Call me narcist, I’m happy
By the way, the title is for the photo, not the post. Doesn’t it look like Agatha Christie kinda thing? Genius woman Agatha.
Anyway.
I’ve been thinking whether or not to write the recipe here. I mean, this recipe has been around the foodblogs (Indonesians) and group lists, I don’t think most people still need it anymore. They just like to see nice pictures of them, you know, to get the feel of eating it, maybe. I don’t know, whatever.
Then I decided to translate the recipe into English, so foreign foodbloggers can benefit from it. But you know, I know they won’t make it anyway, because while western cakes usually contain like 1 to 3 eggs for one cake, we use lots and lots of eggs. Yep, 14 eggs for one pan of chocolate cake is normal for us. I mean, we have Lapis Legit (1000 Layers Cake) and Lapis Surabaya (Surabaya Layer Cake) which alone can use up to 30 eggs each. Not to mention Mesuba and Kue 8 Jam (8 Hours Steamed Cake). God knows how many eggs my mom threw in when she made those things!
My Asian foodblogger friends probably would understand, though. Besides, recipes are not always to be tried. But more to be observed, I guess. When we feel we get this certain call to actually try it, that’s when the magic happens.
So, here you are my friend: The Recipe.
(I know I talked too much, but I hope you learnt something)
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