Kek Kepala Meja!!!

                                                                      sekadar hiasan

One cake popular in the 1940s and 1950s was the KEK KEPALA MEJA, literally the cake which decorated or "headed" the table.

This cake was the centrepiece of the table. It was a normal cake but covered with thick icing and was normally made by the unmarried daughters of the house.

Its PURPOSE was interesting, too. The cake could be cut and eaten only by a man who was INTERESTED in the household's unmarried daughter. By doing so, he had INDICATED that his family would be coming over soon to formally ask for the host family for the hand in marriage of the daughter who baked the cake.

However, this could cause some trepidation for some young men, especially if the household had several unmarried daughters. He most likely would have liked to be clear about exactly which daughter he intended to marry.

In the modern world, however, most young men and women have known each other before the man proposes, so there is no longer the need for these betrothal cakes.

Today's cakes are for eating, and in the land of plenty during Hari Raya Aidil Fitri, there will be far too many of them, available in a rainbow of colours and in a multitude of tastes as well.

taken from:

FB Group : Kek Kepala Meja Jangan Dilupakan!!!

Demikianlah cerita berkenaan kek kepala meja di sarawak. Apa yang kuingin ceritakan adalah berkenaan kek kepala meja dalam adat Jawa di tempat aku.

Hari Raya Aidilfitri pada zaman dahulu amat meriah di kawasan seperti tempat aku tinggal. Kanak2 bebas beraya di rumah jiran tetangga. Sanak Saudara saling menziarahi antara satu sama lain. Gotong-royong menyediakan dodol, marhaban sekitar kampung, baik yang pemuda mahupun pemudi. cukup meriah yang mana kemeriahan itu tidak ad lagi pada masa kini.

isu yang ingin aku bawakan di sini adalah Kek Kepala Meja menurut tradisi di kampung aku..
orang muda-muda dulu suka jalan raye rumah kawan-kawan dan sahabat handai serta jiran tetangga dengan cara berkonvoi. terdapat juga famili yang melakukan hal yang sama. adat dan tradisi orang dahulu di atas satu meja yang besar dan panjang, akan terdapat pelbagai jenis kuih baik bahulu,kerepek,tart, dan macam-macam lagi. Namun, ditengah-tengahnya akan terdapat sebuah kek yang agak menonjol. 

Kek itu tujuannya bukanlah seperti yang di sarawak tu. tujuannya hanyalah sebagai jamuan kepada siapa yang nak makan je. kebiasaannya, orang yang makan akan bayar harga kek tu. harganya tidaklah dinyatakan, hanya bergantung kepada tetamu tersebut berapa bayarannya. biasanya tetamu yang berkonvoi tu akan pakat reramai kumpul duit n makan kek tu. duit tu letaklah di bawah pelapik kek tersebut.

itulah serba sedikit tentang kek kepala meja di kampungku.

p/s: maaflah..xpandai bercerita..