This store sells everyday cake basket, which is a typical Chinese cake. Bake sale at the store cart has been rocketed a month before Chinese New Year celebrations. "We could sell a ton of cake," said Umar. He sells cake basket at a price of Rp 23,000-Rp 25,000 per kilogram which generally contains two cakes.
From the sale of 1 ton of cake basket for a month, Umar made a turnover of Rp 24 million. This value is very high when compared with sales in the months that can only be used to sell 300 kg-400 kg.
Outside the Chinese New Year celebrations, said Umar, in fact there are many baskets coming ordering cakes, especially from the Greater Jakarta area. Buyers mainly come from people of Chinese descent. "We only make an order if there is," said Umar who claimed the shop was established 50 years ago.
In addition to selling cakes wrapped in banana leaf baskets, cookie baskets Umar also sell plastic wrap. Umar use plastic instead of banana leaves because it's hard to get banana leaves in large quantities.
Although more practical, most buyers chose the basket cake wrapped in banana leaves to be used during Chinese New Year prayers. Umar offering basket cake flavors range from chocolate, pandan, until the strawberries.
Lili Chandra Dewi also flooded with orders a cake basket began Jan. 10. He received many orders, both individuals and companies in Jakarta.
In addition to the mini basket cake the size of 5 cm height 2.5 cm at a price of Rp 2,000, Lili also sell cake basket size. "Mini-cake baskets are usually distributed to employees," he said. Large basket cake weighing about 1 kg in cardboard box with a choice of four cakes or two cakes for Rp 50,000.
Lili retaining the grilled banana leaf packet. He said, the use of banana leaves will make the cake more fragrant. Lili also offers a number of flavors such as durian and strawberries.
Lili said, the basket of homemade cake orders only really quiet 15 days after the Lunar New Year or until Cap Go Meh. Thus, after Cap Go Meh, Lili back selling food as usual.
Everyday at home dining at Gading Serpong, Tangerang, Lili selling malay fried rice, pecel field, gado-gado, and chicken noodle.
Make a cake basket, according to Lili, is not too difficult, even now more easily than with the past. If the cake must be steamed first 8-10 hours, now with a stainless pan only takes two hours. "Ingredients is simple, just rice flour, sugar, and water," says Lili.
Glutinous rice flour mixed with sugar while given a little water. The dough was then filtered and put into containers that have been grounded roasted in banana leaves. "Before steamed first weighed in order to fit with the weight of the order," he said. The dough was steamed from 2 to 2.5 hours and can be stored up to a year in the refrigerator.
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