5 Types Of Indonesian Wet Cakes, Suitable For Eating During Youth Pledge Day Celebration

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JAKARTA - Every October 28, Indonesian people celebrate Youth Pledge Day. Where all Indonesian youths pledge their oath of allegiance to the country. To interpret Youth Pledge Day, let's look at the typical Indonesian culinary delights that are suitable to be eaten to enliven this important momentum.

Cucur cake is a cake that has a crunchy texture on the outside and is soft inside. This cake is generally made with a mixture of rice flour and sugar palm, then fried. Cucur cake is also often sprinkled with powdered sugar to give a sweet touch.

The Green Bean Mud Cake is a variation of a mud cake filled with sweet green peanut paste. The combination of soft rice flour and green beans make this cake has a unique and delicious taste.

Mud cake is a cake with a soft texture and made from rice flour, which is often filled with chocolate, beans, or cheese. After cooking in a special mold, the mud cake above it is usually sprinkled with granulated sugar.

Klepon is a traditional cake in the form of small roundness and contains coconut sugar. This cake is coated with coconut scarcity that gives a fresh taste. Klepon is usually green because it is given a natural coloring of suji leaves.

Onde-onde is a small ball filled with sweet green peanut paste and sometimes mixed with wijen seeds. After filling it, onde-onde is fried until it is brown. Onde-onde outer skin becomes crunchy while the contents of the green beans inside are soft and sweet.