# The best traditional Indonesian kue (cakes)

Indonesia's most popular market snacks and traditional cakes that are still favourites today, according to Gramedia, Traveloka and Halodoc.

- 9 votes · 13 items
- Apr 27, 2025 · Nadia Siregar
- https://even.best/en/l/418/the-best-traditional-indonesian-kue-cakes

## Top 12

1. **Onde-onde** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Sesame-coated glutinous rice balls filled with mung bean, of Chinese influence.
2. **Serabi** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Solo serabi, thin and crisp at the edges; Bandung serabi, thick with palm sugar coconut sauce.
3. **Bika ambon** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Honeycomb-textured cake from Medan scented with pandan and lemongrass.
4. **Lapis legit** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Spiced thousand-layer cake of Dutch heritage, for Eid and Christmas.
5. **Kue putu** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Rice flour cakes filled with palm sugar steamed in bamboo, sold to the sound of a whistle.
6. **Kue cubit** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Small half-cooked cakes 'pinched' from the mould, with chocolate sprinkles.
7. **Kue lapis** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Colourful layered cake of rice flour and coconut milk.
8. **Dadar gulung** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Green pandan crêpe rolled around coconut and palm sugar.
9. **Nagasari** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rice flour cake with banana wrapped in banana leaf.
10. **Getuk** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sweet mashed cassava in colours with grated coconut.
11. **Klepon** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Glutinous rice balls filled with liquid palm sugar, rolled in grated coconut; the icon of market snacks.
12. **Lemper** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Glutinous rice filled with meat floss or shredded chicken in banana leaf.
13. **Martabak manis** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Thick sweet pancake with chocolate, cheese and peanuts.

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