Kek Lapis Limau Purut (lime)

This recipe has been with me for a very long time....in the early days when I started doing Lapis cakes.... was taken from Jelita Magazine in the 80's.... I remembered my late boss Mr Jalil enjoyed it whenever I brought to office. This Raya.... I asked my hubby to help with the layering.... hehehe.... he is good with layering though.... thanks ya "Yang"

KEK LAPIS LIMAU PURUT (Lime)
Source : Jelita Magazine in the 80's

Ingredients
300gm butter
2 tbsp condense milk
½ tsp vanilla essense

15 egg yolks
8 egg whites
300 gm castor sugar
200 gm Hong Kong flour
½ tsp baking powder
1½ - 2 tbsp limau purut (lime zest)
1 tsp green colouring

Methods
1. Butter, vanilla and condense milk cream till light and fluffy and set aside.
2. Beat egg white till little foamy and add sugar gradually till light in colour, thick and fluffy kembang.

3.Then add egg yolk one at a time and beat it mixed well on high speed.

4. Add the butter mixture into the egg batter do not over mixed and add the flour gradually.
5. Add lime zest and mixed well. Add green colouring

6. Bake layer by layer using oven grill and bake top and bottom heat at the last layer

Yeild:
1. square pan 7"x7".
2. each layer 1 scoup laddle size.
3. Bake each layer with grill heat 200 - 210 C