Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Pandan Cake Again

This is my second pandan cake in a week. I baked one for my sister to try using this recipe. As it was meant for a 18cm cake tin, my cake (didn't take picture as I was rushing about cooking and baking) turned out to be pretty flat as the tin I have is 25cm. I didn't adjust the quantity of ingredients as I've not tried this particular recipe before and wasn't sure if it'll turn out nice. Compared to the recipe I'd been using, this is more straightforward and easy and in my opinion, produces a better texture.

pandan cake 01-09

Late afternoon after cooking dinner, I set upon baking another one and this time, doubling the quantity of ingredients required. I remember being told one has to stick to a recipe to a T and not adjust the quantity in order to get it right but I went ahead nonetheless. I didn't use any food colouring as the pandan paste is green enough. This time I made sure I top the tin with a piece of foil so that the top will not be burnt before the whole cake is cooked. As it was such a big cake, I baked it at about 160 degrees for 1hr. It could do with another 5-10min in the oven as I feel the cake is still a tad too moist to my liking. Perhaps it'll be drier tomorrow morning. But overall, the texture is fluffy and by far my best attempt. Most importantly, it is a very simple recipe to follow. I'm going to ditch my old recipe.

1 comments:

Alan/Val said...

Wow, the texture looks perfect! Drool. I have not baked pandan cake for a long time, even though I have a ready mix packet sitting in the cupboard.