Kek lapis Sarawak is a uniquely Malaysian approach to layer cake design that emerged in the 1970s. The colorful layers are carefully baked, then sliced and rearranged into complex patterns that are as much a feast for the eyes as the mouth. Atlas Obscura describes the creation process:
Building these cakes requires a vivid imagination, an almost mathematical mind for detail, and perhaps most importantly, a steady hand.
Making one cake can take anywhere from four to eight hours, depending on the complexity of the design. It’s a process that could go wrong at any point in time: bakers first must cook up cakes in deep pans, carefully adding even stripes of colorful batter with ten minutes in the oven between each layer.
But making the cake is only half the battle. Kek lapis Sarawak is unique because bakers must carefully cut up the cooled cakes and reassemble them using jam or condensed milk as glue. The end result is a complex, vibrant pattern that appears when the cake is sliced.
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"Battenberg cake" on steroids...
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