Spekkoek (Indonesian layer cake)

It’s green!

I know, I know. The spekkoek in the picture was made with pandan, a bright green plant extract. This recipe, however, uses spices for flavour, but that makes the green layers brown instead. Still very yummy, though as you can probably tell from the picture and the ingredients, this is a dense, sweet cake! Cut it wisely…

Advanced tip: if you use two cake tins, you can have one in the oven while you put another layer on the other.

Ingredients:

500 g / 2.2 cups butter
400...