P a n d a n u s

Pandan Cake


It is a fluffy sponge cake, which is flavoured with the juice of pandanus amaryllifolius leaves.  The origins of the pandan cakes come from Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Philippine. 

  

My mini Pandan cake is a sponge cake that is flavoured with Pandanus extract.  The Pandanus extract is readily available here in Australia.  Most Asian grocery shop or in the large Supermarket sell the Pandanus extract.  This extract is different from the vanilla extract.  It has a distinctively fragrant, the colour is green because its made from the chlorophyll of the pandanus leaves. 

pandan extract

Pandanus Amaryllifolius
The leaves are used for Asian Cooking
From sweets to Savouries
(Wikipedia)

LIght     S p o ng e

Pandan Cake

Mini Pandan Cakes

Pandan cake
with Chantilly Cream.
Coconut, ginger topping.

detail of the mini pandan cake
sliced into two to show
the beautiful green colour
(the pandanus extract)

The  Recipe  of  The  Mini  Pandan  Cake

Mini Pandan Cake

Ingredients

¾ cup cornflour

¼ cup self-rising flour

1teaspoon cream of tartar

¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

A ¾ cup of sugar

4 eggs

1teaspoon pandan extract/essence

Method

Preheat the oven up to 175 degrees C

Lined and butter a shallow muffins tray

Put the dry ingredients together and sift them a few times

Cream the sugar and the eggs until thick and creamy about 10 minutes

Add in the pandan extract/essence, and beat for another 1 minute

Stir in the flour mix, and fold in gently

Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin/tray

Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes

It makes approx 12 mini sponges

Cool on a cooling tray away from draft

 Join the cake with cream Chantilly and top it with coconut icing.

To serve: for the morning- afternoon tea, enjoy with a cup of tea or coffee

 Preparation   And    The    Baking

1.  lined and greased

the baking tin

3.  on to the prepared
baking tin

3.  baked pandan cakes

4.  cooling the cakes on a tray



It has been fun to introduce the pandan cake and also sharing this recipe, I hope I gave you enough information about how to prepare and to make this cake.  Have the method a go and happy cooking.

The Pandanus Tree -Pandanus Utilis

(the leaves are not used for cooking)

Until next time.

Susy