Hawker Behind Heritage Kueh Tutu Stall Tan’s Tutu Coconut Cake Passes Away Aged 63

“My father invented tutu kueh and my brother opened this [stall],” Tan Bee Hua, the owner of Tan’s Tutu Coconut Cake, once said. “We’re more than 80 years in the making”. She passed away on July 29.

Tan Bee Hua, the owner of the popular kueh tutu store Tan’s Tutu Coconut Cake, has died at age 63, the store announced on its social media pages on Tuesday morning (July 29).

In 2004, Tan Bee Hua quit her office job of 25 years to help run the family’s kueh tutu business.

Among Tan Bee Hua’s prized possessions are her late father’s certificate of registration from 1932 and a hawker licence from 1957.

Tan Bee Hua’s late brother, Cheong Chuan, manning his kueh tutu stall at People’s Park in the 1970s.

Tan Bee Hua selling kueh tutu in the 1980s.

Tan Bee Huan (right) with her sister-in-law, Ho Cheng Khim, at the Havelock Food Centre branch of Tan’s Tu Tu Coconut Cake

“Her passionate passion [for] making tutu kueh [was] a great contribution to our hawker culture,” wrote Chew.

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Hawker Behind Heritage Kueh Tutu Stall Tan’s Tutu Coconut Cake Passes Away Aged 63

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