ENTRIES 9: Baking Pandan Chiffon Cake

 PANDAN CHIFFON CAKE

Pandan chiffon cake is a easiest cake to make. I make this cake usually to serve for tea time with my family and enjoy with coffee or tea while enjoy the sunset.

Ingredients

- 5 Egg whites

- 5 Egg yolks

- 1/2 cup Coconut milk

- 199 1/4 g 14 tablespoon) cake flour

- 1 tsp Baking powder

- 1/2 tsp Cream of tartar

- 175 1/8 g Powdered sugar

- 1/8 tsp Salt

- 3 tbsp Neutral flavored oil

- 2 tbsp Water

- 60 g Ram fresh/frozen pandan leaves

How to cook Pandan Chiffon Cake

1. Use a pair of scissors to cut pandan leaves into thin strips and place them in the food processor/blender along with coconut milk and water. Grind into a smooth puree, then strain with a fine-mesh strainer or a cheesecloth to extract 1/2 cup of pandan extract.

Beat egg yolks and powdered sugar in a mixing bowl until well mixed. Add pandan extract and oil, continue beating until well mixed. Sift in cake flour, baking powder, and salt, and beat until just combined 

2. In another large mixing bowl, whisk egg whites until foamy. Add cream of tartar (or vinegar), followed with powdered sugar in 3 batches, whisk until stiff peak.

3. Fold 1/3 of egg white batter into egg yolk batter with a whisk/spatula until well mixed, then pour this into the remaining egg white batter and fold again until well mixed

4. Stiff peak egg white batter. Fold 1/3 of egg white batter to egg yolk batter. Pour egg yolk batter into the remaining egg white batter and fold until smooth. Pour batter into an ungreased and unlined 7-inch angel food cake pan.

5. Pour the batter into an ungreased and unlined 7-inch angel food pan. Gently tap the pan to remove air bubbles. Bake in the preheated oven of 170 Celsius (335 Fahrenheit) for 15 minutes.

6. After 15 minutes, reduce the oven temperature to 150 Celsius (300 Fahrenheit). Continue baking for another 30-35 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean

7. Cool the chiffon cake by inverting the pan to prevent the cake from collapsing. It will take about 3-4 hours to cool it to room temperature. 

~Slice and serve it !