That should be thick enough to be used as coconut cream if you don't have a can of coconut cream at home.There are several possible reasons why the bottom of a cake can be wet/soggy. She asked if I could add pandan as she loves pandan cake, so I did :) This is the revised Mrs Ng's Butter Cake with Pandan. Have fun exploring my 700+ authentic and easy Indonesian and Chinese recipes. I'll be making this for my next work potluck, I work with adventurous eaters they'll love to try something new. But, it didnt turned out as nice as fresh pandan. All rights reserved. The combination of pandan leaves and coconut milk immediately transports me back to Indonesia as I munch on this lovely pandan coconut butter cake accompanied by ice tea, jasmine of course, so I can pretend to have a wonderful tea time in the tropics. Whenever I prepare a pandan dessert, I make my own pandan extract from fresh/frozen pandan leaves. I tried to freeze my pandan leaves when I have alot. Using an electric mixer, whisk egg white until frothy before adding cream of tartar and continue to beat until foamy. To achieve the green color for this cake, I use: Simply cut the leaves into thin strips with a pair of scissors and blend them with water in a blender until the leaves are completely pulverized. It is replacement of 30g pandan paste + 30g milk.Cheers :), Thanks again.1 question again.i'm sorry.For the gula melaka syrup,i want to know the texture.is it thick or not? Egg yolk batter: Beat egg yolks and sugar until pale, then add melted butter, coconut cream, and pandan extract. The butter should not look shinny or greasy. I didn’t expect you to reply at all. If your leaves don’t look very green, you may want to increase the amount up to 75 grams just to be sure that you will get a green cake. Squeeze to obtain about 75 ml of pandan extract. Hihi, for your pandan mixture (100ml fresh milk + 10 pandan leaves), is it ok to have it water + pandan leaves as per your earlier Pandan Hokkaido milk bread concentrate? You should reduce the recipe to 4 eggs, which mean reduce the rest of ingredients to 0.8 lesser. Thank you, Hi, thanks for trying this recipe. Looking at various pound cake and butter cake recipes out there, I tend to believe both the baking time and the temperature should be the same. Please see the youtube link above.If you want to bake last minute and don't have pandan paste, then you can blend 10 pandan leaves with 100ml milk. I guess it could be the frozen pandan leaves (this is the only type of pandan available in Melbourne) that I’m using. The only problem I have is that the colour of pandan kaw kaw isn’t close to being green at all and I referred to your pandan kaw kaw recipe. I used milk to extract the pandan juice.Cheers and happy baking :). Boil a pot of water. Cheers :), Thanks for the reply.So if i want to use my pan with 4 cm high,maybe i use 1,5 recipe of yours.I don'tknow is it enough or not.Or i make 2 layers only with 7,5 cm high pan.i think 2 layers is quite high enough right?Actually i want to make pandan gula melaka cake.the basic cake i prefer pandan butter cake.and i will use your swiss meringue buttercream recipe.is it ok?Sorry if i ask to many questions.Thanks before, Hi, Mine pan height is 7.5 cm and is higher than yours. Is there a substitute for cake flour? The meringue is almost ready when it turns glossy and you see lines. Thanks so much for the recipe. Hi Teresa,Thank you for your question.Total liquid is 60g (pandan and milk mixture). Thank you! Here, Mrs Gale shares a recipe for Pandan Coconut Butter Cake, which is featured in her book and is a spin on the basic butter cake. If I were you, I will try one cake bake the above recipe in 8" round pan with 7.5cm height. 580g Kaya:. I absolutely love anything with coconut in it. Grease and line an 8" x 8" square pan with parchment paper, set aside. They are probably not as fresh as the ones back home.Anyways, thank you again for sharing this amazing recipe. I got a question, why is the surface/top of my cake has a massive crack, unlike yours which is perfect and does not have any cracks at all? Cake flour has a low protein content, while bread flour has a high protein content. The flavor should be exactly that of kewra. This looks incredibly good! You won't need to use a water bath method to bake the muffins. Hi, thank you for your question. Hi, wanna try making your pandan butter cake, look so yummy! A tad sweet for me :P Thanks for sharing this unique recipe! Hi Joyce, coconut milk will make the batter too wet. I've never cooked with pandan, but now you have me curious! Preheat oven to 320 Fahrenheit (160 Celcius). I never used pandan extract in all my pandan cakes. Love the flavors! Hi Monesh, thanks for giving the recipe a try. Sorry, I am a bit confused what your questions. https://auntyyochana.blogspot.com/2006/08/pandan-kaya-butter-cake.html I'm super happy it was a huge success and your family love the cake! Hi, sorry for the confusion. Is it because I did not use the same size pan as described above or due to the pandan paste which is not dry enough (I use the pandan paste recipe) or is it because the sugar and butter are not white and fluffy enough? INGREDIENTS: 250g butter (room temperature) 75g brown sugar or caster sugar (I used brown sugar) 5 egg yolks (large size-60g, room temperature) 30g full cream milk. :* I also had tried this delicious pandan coconut butter cake recipe for a few times, however the inside cake are always a bit wet and dense compared to the outer layer which looks dry and airy. Ideally, the butter needs to be soft and pliable but still cool to the touch. Set this aside. Sorry i'm a little bit confused about the pandan mixture.So i must make pandan juice first before baking ( 10 pandan leaves+ 100 ml milk )And after that when i make this cake i must mix again the 30 ml pandan juice with 30 ml milk again?or i just take 60 ml from the pandan juice ( 10 pandan leaves + 100 ml milk)that i make?? :')) along with their friends because of this blog. Fold the meringue into egg yolk batter in 3 batches. If you can't find full cream milk, you can use fresh milk or non low fat fresh milk as you mentioned.Cheers :)Cheers :). Do you happen to know the reason that’s causing the cake to crack on top? And my cake is wet at the bottom. So, a toothpick should come out clean when inserted at the center of the muffin, it will have golden brown hue, and your kitchen should smell heavenly. Thank you! The actual temperature in the oven may not be the same as the oven’s setting. Here is what I do: Once the cake is done, remove from the oven and gently remove the cake by grabbing the overhanging parchment paper. If you don't have ready pandan paste (concentrated pandan juice) and wish to bake last minute. Hi Fanny,Thank you for asking. If I don’t have it. This looks wonderful! I hope you enjoy watching. This Coconut Butter Cake looks so fluffy and moist! Fold in meringue into the egg yolk batter with a spatula/balloon whisk in 3 batches. Once the cake is completely cool, slice it into 9 to 16 squares. You describe it to a T, Calleigh. Bake until the cake is fully cooked and the top is golden brown. Cool the cake on a wire rack. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and 150 gram sugar until pale and fluffy with a medium speed. Beat on lower speed just until well mixed. It is indeed so hard to describe how it smells and tastes to those who have never tried anything with pandan before. Second, make sure the temperature is indeed correct, you can confirm this with an oven thermometer. https://bakericious.blogspot.com/2010/06/pandan-kaya-butter-cake.html The cake is super fragrant and that lovely green color is so pleasing to the eyes. Thank you again. Skim the top gently with spatula while pouring to break the air bubbles. This recipe uses 2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder, and 1 teaspoon salt. :). Use sharp scissors, cut the leaves into thin strips, the thinner the better, about 1/16" if possible. I worry my estimation may be wrong. Was it salted or unsalted? Appreciate the reply! Gradually add in sugar and whisk until it just reached stiff peaks. Butter cake came to mind straight away. Remove cake from the pan and let the cake cool completely on a wire rack, then cut into small slices to serve. Cream butter and sugar together. Hi, thank you for trying the Pandan Hokkaido Milk Bread. Add vanilla to a plain portion. Meringue batter: Whisk egg whites until foamy, then add vinegar or cream of tartar and whisk until pale, then gradually add sugar and continue whisking until medium peak. 4 egg yolks. Thank you! If your baking powder is indeed still okay and has not expired, then the only other culprit is probably too much liquid. will it affect the result? Into a bowl, mix and combine 138g coconut milk/cream (used canned), 13g custard powder and 27g Hun Kwee flour. but this time its a bit oily at the based. In Indonesia and many other Southeast Asian countries, on top of the fragrance, we usually also make pandan extract like this from pandan leaves to color our desserts. Sorry.Cheers :). This recipe was so much fun to make and turned out absolutely delicious! ; Into a blender, grind 17g, 1cm pieces of mature (not old) I usually bake cakes with top and bottom heats setting. Would it be the butter too soft? https://my.thermomixrecipes.com/thmrecipes/joanne-lees-pandan-custard-cake I can just imagine how moist and delicious it must be. :). Would probably cut down on the sugar next time round. Can't wait to try it. Thanks you! (You should get only slightly more than this amount). Average Rating: (total ratings: 5) [Read reviews] [Post a review] Servings: 6-8: Comments: A Note From Diana's Desserts "When I received this very lovely Pandan Butter Cake recipe submitted by Anita, I thought I would like to decorate the top a bit, so I decided to do a stencil decoration of a rose using confectioners' sugar. Do also note that the baking temperature and timing provided are what works for my oven and should also be regarded as a guide only. I have other butter cake recipes that you may like to try too. Finally, it is possible that everything is done right but you let the cake cool in its pan for too long. My oven's heating element for the top without the fan consist of only the top SIDES right and left and bottom so there is no heating element in the top middle. If you need a recommendation for a store-bought pandan extract, then all I will say is that most Indonesians use Koepoe-Koepoe pandan extract, but seriously, the real deal is simply so much better. Hi SaSyad, if it is only the center of the cake that is still wet, it usually indicates that the cake hasn't been fully baked/cooked. However, this is low sugar butter cake. … This is such an original and unique recipe, I love it!! Cheers :). Preheat oven to 170C. Thank you. Is there any instructions on the label? Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan. If you start with a can of coconut milk, you can try letting it stand overnight, then open the can the next day and use a spoon to carefully scoop out the cream that should have floated to the top. It is advisable to read the following notes before baking. Beat until well mixed. Pandan Butter Cupcake with Gula Melaka Buttercream Recipe. Position another oven rack in the middle, and place the cake pan. Repeat if necessary until the center of the cake if fully baked.If this has happened repeatedly, it is very likely that your oven temperature is actually lower than stated, and to be sure, you will need to calibrate it with an oven temperature. This usually takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes. Is it possible to use it making the cake? Indeed. Approximately 30 - 45 minutes. Yes, you are right. Stir in corn oil. It could be your oven is too hot. If you decide to give it a go, please share your result. Hi Pui Zhen, you can substitute 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar with 1 teaspoon vinegar. Grease and line my 8-inch square cake pan. Mix full cream milk and pandan juice together in a jar. Use either a balloon whisk or a spatula for this. Frozen pandan will not give the vibrant green colour and also the aroma slightly different. my family loved it and my dad told me to bake it on a monthly basis!haha. Hi Grace, please don't use coconut milk or the cake will be too wet. If you start with a can of coconut milk, you can try letting it stand overnight, then open the can the next day and use a spoon to carefully scoop out the cream that should have floated to the top. Hi Tika, the biggest suspect is probably the different size pan. Looking forward to trying this coconut dessert. Coconut just seems like such a great spring and summer flavor. If yes ,do I have to reduce the oil quantity.thanks, Hi Cindy, Thank you for asking. But, I am not sure how your oven work. For the baking time and method, you can follow this recipe if you want a water bath method, or follow Mrs. Ng baking method for the one without using water bath. Add in egg yolk one at a time and beat until well combined. This will help you understand and know the actual temperature you are baking at. But seriously, for anyone who loves cooking and eating good food, you need to try using pandan at least once. But, my is 7.5cm high instead of 4cm. It is unique and looks beautiful yet simple. My mother in-law asked me what type of cake would be easy make and tasty. If you have all-purpose flour, you can make your own cake flour with this formula:1 cup cake flour = (1 cup - 2 tablespoon) all-purpose flour + 2 tablespoon cornstarchor120 gram cake flour = 105 gram all-purpose flour + 15 gram cornstarch, Hi Anita, this cake came out really well!! lastly, if i leave the cake in baking tray without removing it to cool. Hi, may I know why the cake will shrink after few minutes taken out from the oven? I've never had anything like it. Made this cake for the second time today, hopefully it will turn out as good as the first one :D, Your email address will not be published. If it comes out clean with no wet batter clinging to the skewer/toothpick, then the cake is done, otherwise, bake for another 5 minutes and check again. … :). 30g pandan paste (concentrated pandan juice), please refer here. Please use 30ml of fresh milk and 30ml of pandan concentrate juice.You may also want to refer to this recipe:https://www.bakewithpaws.com/2018/10/pandan-cupcakes-with-gula-melaka-buttercream.htmlCheers and happy baking :), Hi...can i use this recipe to make 3 layers bday cake?and how many recipe i must use?i just have 20 cm round pan ( about 8 inches) with 4 cm high.Thanks before, Hi, Thank you for your question. The coconut cream is 1/2 cup by volume or 90 gram by weight, and not 90 ml by volume. Cheers and happy baking:). I use top and bottom baking function at 170c and my oven is not overheating. (As I still have leftover...) will it affect the overall? OMG! Bake in the preheated oven at 170C for 50 - 55 minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out clean. Hi Grace, the butter too soft would be my first guess too. Lastly, mix with spatula until well combined. Hi Ling,Thank you for your question. Do you have any recipe on lemon butter cake? Then add in 60g pandan and milk mixture and mix till incorporated. Cheers! :). Your comment is awaiting moderation. Tried to plant in your garden if you can find the plant in Melbourne. Be sure that your parchment paper overhangs the pan so you can easily grab the extra paper to remove the cake later on. how many grams for milk? Not too sure is the same. Add … Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan. Add in balance of the flour mixture and mix well. If you cannot find fresh/frozen pandan leaves and want to use store-bought pandan extract instead, use 1 teaspoon of store-bought pandan extract and add 75 ml of either water, milk, or coconut milk. Can’t wait to try this recipe! I usually do 16 squares since a butter cake can be quite rich. 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