I’m sure many of you, especially those in Asia are familiar with Pandan Chiffon Cake, for its light, soft and airy texture. I had baked a Pandan Chiffon Cake before, but this time I’ve made some adjustments to the ingredients, using pandan juice extract from pandan (screwpine leaves) and make the cake in marbling form. The cake turned out perfect after baked with the nice fragrance and cottony texture that almost melts in your mouth. Definitely great to serve for your afternoon tea.
Preheat oven at 165 deg C. Sift flour and corn flour together into a bowl and set aside.
Combine egg yolks and sugar in another bowl, mix well. Add coconut milk, mix well follow by oil and blend well. Sift in flour mixture the second time into egg mixture, mix well.
Divide batter into 2 portions and mix one portion with 1.5 tablespoon pandan juice.
Make meringue – Combine sugar and cream of tartar. Beat egg whites until foamy. Add sugar mixture in 3 separate rounds beat until egg whites are glossy, with stiff peaks.
Fold the egg whites evenly into plain and pandan mixture and spoon them alternately into a 17cm tube pan.
Drop the pan gently on counter top to remove air bubbles. Bake at 2nd lower rack in the oven for about 40 minutes.
When the done is done, remove from oven and turn the pan over. Leave cake to cool in pan.
Using a kitchen scissors, snip 20 fresh pandan leaves into small pieces.
Place them into a blender in batches with 50ml water each time. Total 150ml water or add a little more of water if you find the pandan leaves are still too dry to process.
Place blitzed pandan into a small disposable soup bad and squeeze out the pandan juice.
Leave pandan juices in the fridge overnight.
The juice will separate into two distint layers. Remove the top clear liquid and use the deep green colour sediment as concentrated extract.
Do not freeze the extract as it will lose its fragrance after freezing and thawing.
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