Gifting a piece of Sarawak

If you've never been to Sarawak, you should know that one of the special must try here is the 'Kek Lapis Sarawak' or Sarawak Layer Cakes. What used to be a seasonal serving during the Eid seasons (the month following Ramadhan or fasting month) is now available all year round thanks to the popularity it had gained in West Malaysia.

In the spirit of giving and remembrance, I decided to pop in to one of the famous Sarawak Layer Cake manufacturer (I think the word 'bakery' can also be used but it could be misleading as they don't bake bread or any other kind of cakes, I think). I got a few loafs of the most traditional ones that I could find and packed them up to be sent all the way to Malacca.

Note that these cakes are usually hand baked. Other than the mixer, I suppose, all the layers are done manually. In the past 4 to 5 years, the 'woven' Sarawak layer cakes are very popular. The designs dont show in their loaf forms, but when cut into bite-sized pieces, they form designs of the ketupat, a type of sticky (or sometimes normal) rice in woven palm leaves; figures and numbers or even simple but mesmerizing brick forms.

These kind loses popularity - almost a rare to be served as the process of making it is extremely tedious (imagine first baking the layers of different colours in separate baking trays, measuring, cutting and counting before putting the pieces together before baking the top and bottom layer once again) contributes to the cost and price. A 7 x 7" size of these cakes can go as high as RM 250 per cake.

But anyways, parcel on the way, a couple of days later my friend received it and (hopefully with delight) enjoy with his family.

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