Sunday, March 3, 2013

Pandan Cake

Pandan (Screwpine Leaves) Cake


It has been called the Asian Vanilla, the green leaves of the screwpine emits a sweet flavour, mostly used in Asian desserts or even some savoury dishes. It grows in a low bush in tropical and subtropical weather ( here's more on pandan  on wikipedia).

Most households in Malaysia will have a pandan bush as it grows almost unassisted without much fuss.

The Malays use them to flavour their Nasi Lemak, Sweets and the perennial favourite the KEK Pandan or Pandan Cake.

In case you do not have access to pandan leaves you may used pandan flavouring.


Ingredients


250 gms butter (softened to room temp)

150 gms castor sugar

4 eggs

60 ml coconut cream with a pinch of salt

10-15 pandan leaves blended with 1/2 cup water (strained and discard pulp)

2-3 drops green coloring

30g coconut flakes


240 gm self raising flour

1 tsp vanilla essence


Method


Oil/butter then place baking paper on a 9 inch baking pan. Pre heat oven to 

170 C.


Beat butter and sugar until creamy. Add eggs one by one and mix well each 

time. Add vanilla essence, coconut flakes and green colouring.


Add pandan juice to the coconut cream. 


Fold in flour and the coconut cream alternately mixing well each time.  Pour 

into pan and bake for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in the centre comes 

out clean.

Dust with icing sugar for decoration.













3 comments:

  1. Hi Nor, I found your page from Brisbane local food and I wonder if you grow any pandan and if you are still based in Brisbane? I'll like to get some cuttings to grow. I'm staying at Toowong and wonder where are you located.

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  2. Hi SML's mommy i am in Springwood (southside)

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  3. Hi, so sorry. wanted to ask u if i can pick up just now or not, but dunno why my silly phone cant reply to your post.
    If you dont mind, you can reply me back at yvonnefunghp@gmail.com.
    If I'm in that area again, I can contact you in advance.

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