Name: Black Sticky Rice Cake (Bolu Kukus Ketan Hitam)
Yield: Makes 8 servings
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons unsweetened coconut milk; ½–1 cup (60–115 g) powdered sugar; ½ cup (120 ml) vegetable oil; 4 large eggs, at room temperature; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1¼ cups (230 g) black glutinous rice; ¼ cup (40 g) shaved palm sugar or brown sugar; ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt; ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar; ½ cup (120 ml) unsweetened coconut milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation info

Makes
8
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mortar and Pestle

By Patricia Tanumihardja

Published 2024

About

Have you had bubur ketan hitam? This sweet black rice porridge, is made with black glutinous rice (ketan hitam) and coconut milk and usually eaten for breakfast or as a snack. And it’s absolutely delicious! I was inspired by a recipe in Eleanor Ford’s cookbook Fire Islands to recreate my favorite sweet porridge in cake f