Take a Look at Klapertart, a Manado Specialty That Isn't Originally Indonesian but Was Made by This Country

BANDAR LAMPUNG, RADARLAMPUNG.CO.ID - This dessert which has a distinctive features of sweet taste, is made from basic ingredients such as flour, milk, butter, eggs and pieces of young coconut.

As for the dough recipe, it was influenced by the procedures of the Dutch people who used to live in the Manado area.

Klapertart has become a typical snack of Manado City which is influenced by culinary originating from the country of windmills.

Known as a snack snack, Klapertart has a soft texture and is usually more delicious eaten cold.

Klapertart is one of the archipelago's sweet dishes originating from Minahasa which is now favored by culinary connoisseurs. Initially it was not made by indigenous people.

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In Dutch, klapertart is written with the name klappertaart which comes from the two meanings of the word klapper and tart, which means coconut and tart in the Dutch pronunciation. So that literally, klapertart can be interpreted as coconut cake.

This snack is indeed different from other traditional Indonesian cakes because it looks more modern, and tastes different from other Indonesian foods because klapertart originally uses rum.

Klapertart is known as a culinary originating from the city of Manado, but it turns out that in history its origins refer more to the existence of the Dutch colonials who once lived in North Sulawesi.

Minahasa land is indeed the largest commodity region known as a coconut producer. This is the reason why the Dutch racked their brains to use this versatile fruit into a delicious snack to eat.

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This coconut and cream-based snack has a soft and creamy cinnamon flavor.

There are two ways to make klapertart, namely by baking it like bread or steaming it to produce a softer texture and melt easily when you put it in your mouth.

But now, klapertart has been modified in various flavors such as chocolate, strawberry, blueberry, cheese, cappuccino, green tea to durian to attract culinary lovers.

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