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Batik Cake

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Batik cake, known in Malay as kek batik, is a Malaysian no bake fridge cake dessert inspired by the Scottish tiffin, introduced during the British Malaya and Borneo period and adapted with local ingredients. It is made by mixing broken Marie biscuits with a chocolate sauce or custard prepared from egg, butter or margarine, condensed milk, Milo and cocoa powder, and is commonly served during Eid al Fitr, Christmas and other festivities. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
Course
Dessert 1
Origin Region
Malaysia 2
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In Cuisine

Malaysian Cuisine, Cuisines
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Uses Ingredient

Butter, Ingredients
Source Batik cake (Wikipedia)
Condensed Milk, Ingredients
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Egg, Ingredients
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Margarine, Ingredients
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In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Malaysia, originated there.
Sources
1. Batik cake (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    This cake is made by mixing broken Marie biscuits combined with a chocolate sauce or runny custard made with egg, butter/margarine, condensed milk, Milo and cocoa powder.
  • entity description (course)
    Batik cake, known in Malay as kek batik, is a Malaysian no bake fridge cake dessert inspired by the Scottish tiffin, introduced during the British Malaya and Borneo period and adapted with local ingredients.
  • Uses Ingredient: Egg, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Butter, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Margarine, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Condensed Milk, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • In Cuisine: Malaysian Cuisine, lead paragraph
    Kek batik (lit. 'Batik cake') is a type of Malaysian no-bake fridge cake dessert inspired by the Scottish tiffin, brought in the country during the British Malaya and Borneo period, and adapted with Malaysian ingredients.
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2. Batik Cake (Wikidata)
P495 (country of origin): Malaysia
Quote, P495 (country of origin): Malaysia
Malaysia
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