Inside Pontianak Famous Cake: Bingke Cake

During the fasting month has arrived, not infrequently special menus scattered and became the target before breaking the fast. The term "break the fast with sweet" caused a lot of people make or buy that tastes sweet, especially pastries. In fact, each region has a typical menu Ramadan.

Formerly classified bingke baking hard. Moreover, it's time to bake cakes fuel bingke only use firewood or charcoal. Therefore, not much effort bingke cake. But this time, there are dozens of entrepreneurs cake bingke in Pontianak.

Glancing Borneo region, there is a very typical snacks Ramadan popular society, particularly in the area of Pontianak. It was sweet and soft texture, so fitting enjoyed when fasting. This is the cake bingke (there is also a mention bingka) is made from a mixture of eggs, milk, a little flour and sugar. Traditional cake is also popular among tourists visiting West Kalimantan, so that made souvenirs typical of this area. However, bingke also been found in many large cities in Indonesia, such as Jakarta.


The main ingredient bingke pontianak cake is quite simple and can be obtained in the shop or market, such as flour, eggs, milk, sugar and salt. There bingke cake baked, steamed some called bingke berandam. Generally bingke printed form lidded six-leaf clover, but there are also circular. The color is varied, ranging from yellow, amber or green. Now, diverse variants, not just original. There bingke Tapai, potatoes, pumpkins, pandan, jackfruit, coconut, cokelah until cheese. So, you can choose according to taste.

Bingke cake is a traditional food made from rice flour, eggs, sugar, and coconut milk. Before serving, the cake must be baked twice bingke. First, on top of the stove and then in the oven for it to maturity. At least it did not take one hour to bingke cake ready to eat.

On the day normally, Cake Bingke Soaking be typical souvenirs Pontianak. But in the month of fasting, this cake hunted to become the mainstay menu fasting. Cake seller Bingke easily found in traditional markets to kiosks and stalls merchants impromptu popping up in a number of areas in Pontianak.

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