All about Cakes & Cookies Baking

[Funz]

No need to say thanks. Good things must share. And the original recipe did not come from me, hehe. Here's another cake recipe that I think is a keeper. Not gonna share the fudge recipe though cos the fudge was not nice. But the cake itself is really nice.


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Cotton Pandan Cake
Ingredients :
60g butter
80g cake flour (i use top flour or super fine flour)
40g fresh milk (low fat)
40g coconut milk (Original recipe called for 80g milk but I replaced 1/2 with coconut milk to make it more fragrant)
6 egg yolks
6 egg whites
70g caster sugar
8-10 pcs pandan leaves - cut into small pieces, blend and squeeze out the juice (I blended the leaves with the fresh milk then strain the liquid)

Method :
1. Melt the butter, mixed in the sifted flour while the butter still warm.
2. Beat the egg yolks lightly and add in pandan juice + fresh milk & coconut milk slowly, mix well.
3. Add in 1/3 of egg yolk mixture to the butter mixture and mix well, pour in the remaining egg yolk mixture and mix well.
4. Whisk egg whites until frothy, add in sugar, continue to whisk till stiff stage.
5. Fold 1/3 of the egg whites to the egg yolk mixture till incorporated, pour in the remaining and mix well.
6. Pour in the batter into an 8\" cake pan, lightly bang the cake pan on the table to reduce air bubbles.
7. Bake in pre-heated oven at 170C for 8 mins using water bath, reduce to 150C and continue to bake for another 20-25mins or until the skewer comes out clean when you test for doneness .
8. I left the cake to cool in the oven

Instead of putting the whole baking tin into the water bath, I placed it on a rack and put 4 tart moulds filled with water under the rack instead. When the whole tin is sitting in the water bath, sometimes the bottom of the cake comes out pretty wet. This way, I get a moist cake but without a wet bottom.

Try it and let me know if you like it.

[micollh]

any simpler butter cake recipes? hee… the recipe i have use 250g (one whole block) of butter… which i feel too much? eventhough it tasted very rich but lighter one will be healthier i feel.


Funz…thanks for ur recipe… until now i have not made a pandan cake successfully… always flatten… and hard… sad…no courage to try again…

[Funz]

LKVM:

Thank you for this recipe Funz.. I have few queries...


How did you get the layers of white and green one? also what do you mean by fold 1/3 mixture?

Actually not white and green lah. The picture shows the cake that I made with pandan fudge, so it was top layer, fudge, 2nd layer cake, third layer fudge, final layer cake. But the fudge recipe not so nice so not sharing. So sharing only the recipe for the cake.

fold 1/3 mixture meaning take 1/3 of the whisked egg white and mix it with the egg yolk & milk mixture. Thereafter then fold in the rest of the egg white.

Folding is the act of mixing in the egg whites. Using a spatula, lift the batter from the bottom of the bowl up to the top of the whites and dip the spatula to the bottom again and repeat the action until the batter is properly incorporated. With chiffon and sponge cakes we tend to say fold in the egg whites as we avoid stirring round and round in circles as that will deflate the cake.

[jtoh]

Your pandan cake looks really good, Funz!

[Funz]

micollh:

any simpler butter cake recipes? hee.. the recipe i have use 250g (one whole block) of butter.. which i feel too much? eventhough it tasted very rich but lighter one will be healthier i feel.


Funz..thanks for ur recipe.. until now i have not made a pandan cake successfully.. always flatten.. and hard.. sad..no courage to try again..

How much butter used depends on the proportion of the rest of the ingredients and how big a cake you are making. You can try reducing the butter and increasing the milk used or replacing a portion of the butter with corn oil. But the taste will definitely not be as rich.

[BlurBee]

LKVM:

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:drool:

[BlurBee]

Funz:

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Cotton Pandan Cake

:drool:

[autumnbronze]

WOW Funz and LKVM :drool: :drool:


Do any of you use an electric cake mixer when making cakes?

Can rec any?? Went to check out Kitchen Aid brand but the price is on the high side .....

Many thanks in advance

[Funz]

autumnbronze:

WOW Funz and LKVM :drool: :drool:


Do any of you use an electric cake mixer when making cakes?

Can rec any?? Went to check out Kitchen Aid brand but the price is on the high side .....

Many thanks in advance

Yup, am using a Philips. Cheap and good. Gets the job done.

Was tempted to get the Kitchen Aid but in the end found it too big and too ex.

[autumnbronze]

:thankyou: Funz and LKVM.


Can I trouble you for the model no? Or is there only one type in the MIT??

MTIA