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Ollyvia Putri insists on only canned Wijsman sweetcream salted butter for her “bacon cake.” “I cannot change that,” she says of the imported Dutch butter. “My grandma would kill me.” “For problem-free ...

Most people are familiar with the square-shaped kueh lapis legit, but few know a more modern roll cake version exists for this buttery spiced Dutch-Indonesian layer cake: lapis legit gulung, or rolled ...

This legendary dessert will add sweetness and spice to your day, but be warned: it requires a lot of time, effort and patience. Layer cake or ‘kek lapis legit’ will add sweetness and spice to your day ...

In an Instagram story, wearing a stylish red cocktail dress, Kelly Chan – better known as Spoon – presses the button for the lift in the lobby of an industrial building. Stop there, and you’d be ...