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Kue apem (Indonesian fermented rice cake)kue apem

Kue apem is a soft Indonesian cake of rice flour, coconut milk and sugar, leavened with tape (fermented cassava) and yeast. The batter is left to rise briefly, then baked in a small round apem mould.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Kue apem itself.

DocumentedCereals and bread40 min – 1.2 h

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedThe studies list the ingredients but give amounts only as flour substitution levels; no standard household amounts were found.
Rice flour (with some wheat flour in baked apem)[ananda2026][jofe2024]
Tape singkong (fermented cassava)[ananda2026][jofe2024]
Coconut milk, coconut water, sugar and salt[ananda2026][jofe2024]
Yeast (ragi; instant yeast in one study)[ananda2026][jofe2024]
Startertape singkong (fermented cassava) plus yeast

Total time across the recorded steps: 40 min – 1.2 h

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What changes: Rice flour, tape, coconut milk, sugar and yeast are mixed into a batter

Step 1 of 3
Mix the batter
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Yeasts

Output: batter.

Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

Not documented for this step.

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

At a glance

Kue apem is a soft Indonesian cake of rice flour, coconut milk and sugar, leavened with tape (fermented cassava) and yeast. The batter is left to rise briefly, then baked in a small round apem mould. Made in 3 steps over 40 min – 1.2 h. The longest step, leave the batter to rise, takes 30 min – 1 h (Pengaruh substitusi tepung labu kuning terhad…).

Key numbers
Main step30 min – 1 hReported[jofe2024][ananda2026]Leave the batter to rise

What makes this one different

Apem gets its rise from tape (fermented cassava) and yeast added to the batter, and the rise is short, from about half an hour to an hour in the studies found.

Related ferments

Variants

  • Apem panggang (baked)Baked in small round moulds, the form made in both cited studies.

Safety

The cakes in the cited studies are baked, which cooks the batter through.

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

  1. [ananda2026] Ananda R.D., Miranti M.G., Sutiadiningsih A., Widagdo A.K. 2026, Pengaruh subtitusi tepung gaplek terhadap sifat organoleptik kue apem panggang, Jurnal Tata Boga 15(1):75–88paper
  2. [jofe2024] Pengaruh substitusi tepung labu kuning terhadap karakteristik fisik, kimia, dan organoleptik apem panggang, JOFE Journal of Food Engineering 3(2):55–67, Politeknik Negeri Jember, 2024paper