Rich Lapis is a bakery in Bukit Batok that bakes and sells traditional kek lapis (千层糕), an Indonesian layer cake. The pastry is also known as “kueh lapis legit” in Indonesia — but I prefer not to call it “kueh lapis” as it can be confused with the colourful, layered Nyonya kueh commonly seen in Singapore and Malaysia.
When Rich Lapis bakes their kek lapis, and other cakes, the neighbourhood will be filled with nice aroma of the baking cakes. Rich Lapis has 3 flavours of kek lapis: original, pandan and with prunes (pre-order required). Other than cakes, a number of traditional Chinese pastries, cookies and breads are also available.
The original kek lapis is moist with a smooth buttery flavour and mild-sweet. I prefer kek lapis that are less sweet as most kueh lapis legit — “legit” means “sweet” in Indonesian language — tends to be on the sweeter side and firmer in texture. Rich Lapis’s kek lapis is adjusted to suit Singaporeans’ tastebuds — at least, for me.
The pandan kek lapis is similarly mild-sweet, moist and with buttery-pandan flavour. With low sweetness, I can go for two or more pieces a time instead of stopping after 1 piece. Both kek lapis are best eaten without chilling.
Aside from kek lapis, Rich Lapis’s kaya puff is pretty big in size as compared to others. The puff has flaky layered crust and is stuffed with thick green pandan kaya. Despite the large amount of kaya, the puff is mild-sweet and the layered crust has buttery flavour with a texture pretty similar to Indian karipap. This is nice too.
The Fuzhou / Hokchew Biscuit (福州饼) has roast white sesame seeds on its flaky, layered crust and filled with soft, mild-sweet candied winter melon paste — I guess. It is not a very big pastry and nice to go with tea / coffee. It is hard to find traditional bakeries in Singapore that make Hokchew biscuits these days.
To enjoy baked goods with crispy crusts, especially several hours after purchase or the next day, heat them up a little — 150°C for about 5 minutes in an air-fryer usually works for me.
Other than Malay / Nyonya kueh, cakes and Chinese pastries that I discovered in Bukit Batok, Rich Lapis, and its Asian pastries, is a surprise find so near to my place.
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Blk 537 Bukit Batok Street 52, #01-603, Singapore 650537
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12:30pm to 7:30pm (Sat till 2pm) | Daily
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