Re: Your last photo
The green-brown ones are âkueh lapisâ - steamed glutinous rice flour âlayer cakesâ. We have the same in Singapore, and also in Thailand. It could have originated from the Portuguese when they came to this region in the 15th-century, and whose missionaries were active up till the 19th-century. You also find similar layered desserts in former Portuguese colonies like Goa (India) and Mozambique.
The other cake you had is called âkueh sarlatâ in Penang & Singapore, and âkueh serimukaâ in the rest of Malaysia - the bottom layer is glutinous rice, and the top layer is a pandanus-scented glutinous rice flour-coconut milk pudding.