Holiday Ayo - Cucuru Bayao is a typical Pangkep cake that tastes very sweet and can be easily obtained at various traditional parties, especially wedding parties served in Bosara along with other traditional cakes such as Barongko, Taloba, Jackfruit Seeds, Pelita Cake, Attitudeoro, and so on.

All traditional cakes in the Bugis traditional wedding banquet are symbols and hopes for the bride and groom and for the continuity of their household in the future. In the Makassar language, Cucuru means cake and Bayao means egg. Cake made from eggs, sugar, and walnuts.

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The shape is round and flat and dark yellow. Soft texture with a very sweet and savory taste with a strong egg aroma and taste. The thick sweet taste of Bugis wedding cakes symbolizes the hope for a sweet life that will be traversed by the bride and groom.

Traditional Makassar cake does have a sweet taste. The myth is that if a girl tastes these traditional cakes at a wedding, her soul mate will soon arrive.

This Cucuru Bayao cake uses a lot of eggs, causing this cake to be golden (like gold) which symbolizes glory, splendor, and majesty which means good.

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What is interesting about the traditional events of Bugis Makassar is the presentation of food using special serving utensils. The device is called Bosara. Bosara is a kind of tray with legs equipped with a lid which is usually used in traditional rituals of traditional ceremonies.

Bosara is usually made of gold, silver, copper, or iron and is equipped with a serving hood. The Bosara cover is made of woven rattan and palm leaves. The nobility usually re-wrapped the serving cover with silk or velvet. As is the case with other traditional cakes that are used as souvenirs typical of Makassar, now Cucuru Bayao is also widely sold and packaged to be used as souvenirs. It can easily be found in cake shops.