Indonesian "Lumpur" Cake / Kue Lumpur

I honestly never understand the name of this fingerling cake. In Indonesian, 'lumpur' means mud. But this cake looks so unlike mud, literally. It looks more like mini bite-size pancake. But this cake is probably more moist and dense with pudding-like texture.

The first time I looked at it I expected it to taste like some bite-size pancake. But I was wrong BIG TIME. However, it had taken less than 2 minutes to love this cake, now that I became more familiar with it. Once you start, you just can't stop.

This cake comes with many different recipe versions. While the original one uses only all-purpose flour, the modified ones use a mix of flour with either yam, sweet potato, potato or pumpkin. I'm giving two recipes: the original one and the modified one. Enjoy.

Original Lumpur Cake

150 gr sugar

4 eggs

500 ml milk

500 gr all-purpose flour

100 ml vegetable oil or melted margarine

1 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla

oil to brush

for topping: raisins or thinly-sliced cheese or

Heat up a poffertjes pan (Dutch mini-pancake pan) on medium heat. Meanwhile on medium speed, mix sugar and eggs until thick and creamy. Pour vanilla and salt, blend well. Alternately, pour the milk and the flour bit by bit. Finally pour the oil. Mix well. Make sure the batter is very smooth.

Lower the heat (about 3, scale 0 - 8). Brush the pan lightly with oil. Pour the batter into the pan until almost full (about 4/5). Then cover. Wait for about 4 minutes then put the toppings on top. Just enough to give a pretty look... ^_^ Cover again and cook again for another 3 minutes approximately until done. The cake surface should be hard and not liquid-like anymore. Remove from heat. Enjoy!

Modified Lumpur Cake (feel free to substitute the yam with the mentioned ingredients above)

Everything stays the same as above except:

250 gr all-purpose flour

500 gr yam (steamed or boiled until soft and meshed until smooth)

Enjoy, enjoy and enjoy! I know I do! ^_^

Note:

1/4 recipes makes about a dozen of cakes. The batter can be made quickly. Only the cooking of the cake takes a bit of patience test. So be prepared. *_*

Source:

-recipe: dapurbunda

http://dapurbunda.blogspot.com/2006/01/kue-lumpur.html

(for the modified version, but I used yam instead of potato)

- photo: some websites. The same picture has been floating around the net. ^_^