KOMPAS.com – Dodol & Cake Production House Ny. Lauw is a legendary basket cake maker in Tangerang, Banten.
This basket cake business was founded in the 1960s, starting from offering merchandise to relatives, until it became increasingly well known in the market.
According to the owner and manager of the Dodol & Kue Ny production house, Lauw, named Iin, the sweet moment for basket cakes usually appears before Chinese New Year.
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The number of basket cake orders will increase than usual. So, Iin will attract hundreds of local residents to work specifically for Chinese New Year.
“Usually there are not this many workers, but because it is ahead of Chinese New Year, additional workers are needed,” said Iin when Kompas.com met him in the production kitchen, Tangerang, Banten, Friday (17/1/2025).
More than half a century of making basket cakes, but the taste and quality of the basket cakes here have not changed. Iin said, he always maintains customer trust, so he never changes recipes or raw materials.
Kompas.com had the opportunity to see firsthand the process of making basket cakes in the production kitchen on Friday (17/1/2025).
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A look at the basket cake production kitchen of Mrs. Lauw
Kompas.com and Iin are looking at the process of making basket and dodol cakes in Ny Dodol & Cake production kitchen. Lauw, Tangerang, Banten, Friday (17/1/2025). While walking around the kitchen, Iin explained that all the raw materials used to make basket cakes usually arrived from the supplier at around 3 in the morning. After that, the raw materials will be moved to the kitchen to be processed by workers.
The process of making basket cakes initially begins with preparing banana leaves. The banana leaves will be burned to weed them first, then continue to be wiped to clean off any dirt stuck to them.
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A number of workers burned pieces of banana leaves to wrap basket cakes at the Dodol and Ny Cake production house. Lauw (LKW), in Tangerang, Banten, Friday (17/1/2025). The burning process uses chunks of tree trunks.After the leaves are cleaned, then continue cutting them to suit the shape and size of the mold. The prepared leaves will then be placed into the mold, then moved to the printing section.
During the mold preparation process, the sticky rice will first be soaked in clean water. Then drained and mixed with sticky rice flour before grinding.
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Mrs. Basket cake products kitchen. Lauw in Tangerang, Banten, Friday (17/1/2025). Iin said, the process of mixing sticky rice and sticky rice flour was done to make it easier to grind the sticky rice in the machine.
The ground sticky rice is then continued to be sifted to ensure that there are no sticky rice grains remaining.
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A number of workers mix basket cake dough at the Dodol and Ny Cake production house. Lauw (LKW), in Tangerang, Banten, Friday (17/1/2025).The sticky rice flour that is ready will then be stirred with the sugar water to make a dough. The two ingredients are stirred in the machine until the dough is soft.
After that, the mixture is poured into the mold, then continued into the steamer rack. Here, there are four large steaming stoves, each stove consists of 12 shelves that can accommodate up to 500 molds.
A worker takes basket cake dough to put into the furnace at the Dodol and Ny Cake production house. Lauw (LKW), in Tangerang, Banten, Friday (17/1/2025).The time needed to steam basket cake dough is around 12 hours. When steaming, the fire must be maintained so that the basket cake cooks evenly.
The steamed basket cakes are then moved to be immediately packaged in the packaging room according to the customer’s order.
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