Steamed Pandan Cake
If don’t have an electric oven at home but you still want to make a simple pandan cake, you may try out this steamed pandan cake recipe.
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Equipment
- 1 square baking pan 8-inch
Ingredients
- 260 g plain flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 5 eggs grade A, room temperature
- 120 g fine granulated sugar
- 140 g light brown sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
- 80 g corn oil or any vegetable oil
- 120 ml pandan milk Blend together 20 g pandan leaves with 140 ml milk until very fine, then filter out 120 ml of pandan milk.
Makes: 8 x 5inch rectangle
Instructions
- Grease 8″ (20-cm) square baking pan and line with parchment paper.
- Sieve together flour, baking powder and baking soda.
- Fill steamer with water and bring to boil.
- Combine 800 ml of water with 500 ml of hot water in a large steel bowl to yield 50°C/120°F of warm water.
- Combine eggs, sugar and salt in a mixing bowl and place in warm water, then whisk the mixture until stiff. (Reminder: You need to stop for a few times during this process to avoid overheating of the equipment.)
- Start with medium speed to combine the ingredients, then increase to high speed and whisk until egg mixture is pale yellow (the mixture will flow down slowly when whisk is lifted).
- Reduce to medium speed, continue whisking until egg mixture has reached the ribbon stage (the ribbons formed by egg mixture will stay on surface for a while before dissolving slowly).
- Combine corn oil and pandan milk in another mixing bowl, sieve in flour and mix well.
- Add part of the egg mixture to the batter and mix well (to dilute the batter).
- Add the remaining egg mixture in 3 batches, mix gently using hand whisk.
- Fold the batter gently until well combined using spatula.
- Pour the batter gradually into baking pan, tap a few times on countertop to burst large air bubbles.
- Steam over medium-high heat for 35 minutes. When the pandan cake is done, remove the lid first before switching off the heat to reduce the chance of condensation water dripping onto the cake (you may use bamboo steamer to avoid this problem).
- Unmould and let the steamed pandan cake cools on wire rack for 20-25 minutes before serving.
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Notes
This recipe yields an 8-inch square cake divided into 24 slices.
The nutritional value for reference is for 1 slice of cake.
Nutrition (per serving)
Calories: 127kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 2gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 35mgSodium: 106mgPotassium: 40mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 58IUCalcium: 47mgIron: 1mg
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