I used a recipe given by Anna, my colleague's wife, and I did trouble her a lot with phone calls as I was really apprehensive about how these would turn out! She was pretty patient with me, and I'd like to thank her for all her help and tips! I did end up adding a teeny-bit more green food color, hence the darker shade. Also, maybe the Pandan extract is not as good as the Pandan juice, hence I got a little "stretchy" texture in the bottom part of my cake. But otherwise, this was a successful experiment, which tasted great!
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsp butter
1/2 cup water
1.5 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp Pandan extract
1/2 tsp green color
1 egg
2 tbsp cooking oil
4 tbsp coconut cream
Method
Preheat oven to 375F. Line a bread-baking tray, or a cake pan with a wax paper and set aside.
In a bowl, lightly beat the eggs, add water, coconut cream, oil, pandan extract, salt, sugar, baking powder & baking soda and mix well.
Sieve the flour, and slowly pour into the mixture, mix well, and set aside.
Pour the mixture into the prepared bread or cake tin. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a light brown crust appears on the top, and the tooth-pick test is satisfied.
I particularly loved the flavor of coconut with pandan; by itself, it may not have been as tasty, but the coconut cream made this a winning recipe! After a lot of hype and hooplah, I was happy at how this cake turned out.
Thanks Anna, for a beautiful Coconut Pandan Cake recipe!
A green cake! How creative and beautiful. Where am I going to find the Pandan extract! Sigh!
ReplyDeleteya mansi..where to get the pandan extract? i have all other ingredients though....hope u r havin fun in ur trip
ReplyDeletepandan extract, that is a new ingredient to me. thanks for the info
ReplyDeleteI love Pandan. I have been expermenting with it a lot. Aklways paired with coconut. The flavor is always indescribable to me.Almost almondy maybe.
ReplyDeleteMansi-
ReplyDeletepandan cake looks very nice and inviting, a new recipe. thanks for sharing.
havent heard of these..buts looks delicious
ReplyDeletelove the colour...similar to my pome cake...
ReplyDeletei keep seeing these in bakeries here but apprehensive to try. the colour is pretty to look at but don't know about tasting! :D
ReplyDeleteI didnt get what is Pandan first time i m hearing about it any other name for it and where can i find it
ReplyDeletewish i could get Pandan leaves some day:-)
ReplyDeleteReally tempted by the cake snaps!
Yummy post!
Regards,
LinQ.
Lovely cake! You always learn so much about new flavors and ingredients when you explore other cultures :)
ReplyDeleteAn interesting green cake! Haven't heard of the pandan extract.. hmm, will check in the stores next time..
ReplyDeleteThats truly innovative mansi..would love to try it but the Pandan extract seems hard to get here. Could you suggest a substitute?
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as for Pandan essence, here's some more info; mostly you can find it in powder or extract form in Asian food aisles, or stores liek Ranch 99..hope you all are having fun too!:)
http://importfood.com/spco1105.html
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ReplyDeleteCreative n amazing!!
ReplyDeleteWay to go :-)
Thanks for the link and info on Pandan extract...will try this cake.
ReplyDeleteI did not have coconut cream, so I made this modified recipe which worked great:
ReplyDeleteIngredients
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsp butter
1/2 cup water
1.5 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp Pandan extract
1/2 tsp green color
1 egg
2 tbsp cooking oil
4 tbsp plain yogurt
1/2 cup sweetened coconut flakes
Method
Preheat oven to 350F. Line a bread-baking tray, or a cake pan with a wax paper and set aside.
In a bowl, lightly beat the eggs, add water, yogurt, oil, pandan extract, salt, sugar, coconut flakes, baking powder & baking soda and mix well.
Sieve the flour, and slowly pour into the mixture, mix well, and set aside.
Pour the mixture into the prepared bread or cake tin. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a light brown crust appears on the top, and the tooth-pick test is satisfied.
For icing:
4 tsp water
2 tsp Pandan extract
1 tsp rose water
1 tbsp softened butter
1 cup powdered sugar
Mix together until smooth, spread on still-warm cake.