A soft spongy cake that is my favourite, got the recipe from House of Annie, I have tried a lot of recipes and this is the one that I like most! In Malay, they call it Kek Sarang Semut or Kek Gula Hangus.
Ingredients
210g sugar
240g water
80g butter
6 eggs
160g condensed milk
180g all-purpose flour
2½ tsp baking soda
Method
1. In a saucepan over low heat, caramelize the sugar until it turns a dark golden brown. Lazy cook is lousy at making caramelize sugar and this needs a lot of patience, have to melt the sugar totally.
2. Slowly and carefully pour the water into the caramel. CAUTION! The caramel is very hot and the water will quickly boil and steam. Stir until the caramel is dissolved in the water and it becomes a thin syrup. Remove from heat.
3. Melt the butter into the syrup and set the pan aside to cool.
4. Preheat oven to180°C.
5. In a bowl, whisk the egg till fluffy then add the condensed milk.
6. Sift the flour and baking soda together into the egg mixture. Mix well.
7. Pour the caramel butter sauce into the batter and mix well.
8. Pour the batter into a greased, 9-inch round cake pan. Let it sit for 5 minutes for the bubbles to begin developing. Lazy cook let the cake sits for at least 30 minutes, some blogger lets it sits for up to 4 hours.
9. Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.
10. When the cake is cool,turn it out onto a plate. Enjoy!
