If you thought Facebook was dangerous ‘cos the ads prompt you to buy stuff (OK lah, it’s me. I’m so susceptible) then Youtube is worse. I’ve already installed Adblock for Youtube but recently I watched a video from the channel ‘Our Grandfather Story’ and it was about kueh lapis. It prompted me to immediately order Ollella’s cakes online (See? So dangerous!) and since there’s free delivery with $35 spent, I bought Prune Rum Lapis and the Dairy-free Cempedak Cake. It was just sent over via UParcel (I was surprised) and I managed to have some kueh before dinner! Haha! If you’re wondering whether Ollella’s cakes are worth the pricetags, read on…
First up (I love my egg nail, btw), the Prune Rum Lapis costs $24 for 350g, $50 for 700g (which is pricier than getting 2 x 350g, why?) and $90 for 1.4kg.
At first, I thought I’ll cut the kueh into 4 slices. Then, since it’s a pricey kueh, I made it 8 slices instead. Haha! There’s a decent amount of prune all over. However, I couldn’t taste any rum. And I’d forgotten about the rum part and treated an Indonesian helper who lives in the same block as me to a slice (Oops! Sorry!) and she didn’t find anything amiss either. (@_@)
One of eight precious slices:
Here’s the size and price comparison for the kueh lapis and the cempedak cake. As you already know, making kueh lapis is hard, painstaking work so the price really reflects that. As for the dairy-free cempedak cake… hmm… a bit pricey eh?
Upon opening the box, I was sad at finding that the cake had sunk in. I wondered if there was too much moisture? In any case, thankfully, this was not given as a gift to a client or friend or else I’d feel so bad about it. On the website, the cake in Ollella’s picture was perfect.
I did send Marcella from Ollella a Whatsapp message about the cake and this is her reply:
So apparently most of the cakes are sunken where the cempedak slices are placed. I wonder if the fruit could be sliced more thinly maybe? Or ‘stack’ more slices below to prop up the top part? (I’m not a baker so I don’t know, ya? Just wondering out loud)
Order this cake if you’re eating it yourself OR if the recipient will not mind. Taste-wise, it’s decent. Not too sweet. Very moist. And there’s a fair amount of cempedak.
What I did not expect biting into this cake was how it reminded me of pizza. Not the taste or smell, mind you! But when biting a chunk off, there are still connective fibres(?) of the fruit linking it back to the rest of the cake. It is like how you take a bite of pizza and the tendrils of cheese refuse to be disconnected. 
Super fun! Very fragrant cake too. The aroma hits you the minute you open the box. (And actually you can smell it already once the box is out of the bag)
Overall, the cakes are decent. I like that there’s free delivery with $35 spent because I certainly do not want to travel to 454 Race Course Road just to get cake. I would rate the cakes 3 / 5. So far, the best kueh lapis I’ve ever had were in Surabaya, Indonesia. The kind of taste that makes you think about it ever so often and wish you were back there. But, of course, food savored when on holiday always tastes just that bit better.
If you have a kueh lapis craving though, Ollella is a good place to start. Just a few clicks over at https://www.ollella.com/#/ and your cakes will be on their way to your doorstep.