Pandan has become a very popular ingredient in our daily cooking and baking activities. From pandan leaves, we can make pandan chiffon cake, pandan agar-agar, pandan kaya, cendol, pandan nasi lemak, pandan chicken and many more delicacies.
If you are a pandan lover, here is a simple and easy recipe of a Pandan Butter Cake that you can follow.
Ingredients
- 200 grams butter
- 160 grams of castor sugar
- 4 eggs
- 220 grams of self-raising flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 100 grams thick coconut milk (santan)
- 2 tablespoon pandan paste
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 1 teaspoon pandan essence
Method
- Cream butter and sugar and with an electric beater for 2 minutes on medium speed, number 3.
- Once this mixture is light and creamy, add 1 egg at a time and continue this process until you complete all 4 eggs. Use speed number 1 for this process.
- Now mix the santan with pandan paste and keep it aside. Sieve the self-raising flour, salt and baking powder together and keep it aside too.
- In your butter, sugar and egg mixture, fold in the flour 1 ladle at a time and alternate with the santan mixture too. Continue doing so until the flour and santan finishes. Use a spatula for this process.
- Now add in 1 teaspoon of vanilla and pandan essence.
- Line your cake tin with some butter and a non-stick baking paper. Use a square 7 or 8 inch baking tin.
- Preheat your oven for 10 minutes before baking. Bake at 160 degrees celsius for 30 to 35 minutes depending on your oven. Do check with a skewer if your cake is baked before taking it out. Done! There you go…your Pandan Butter Cake is ready!!
Final thoughts
- If you want to use fresh pandan leaves, you can use 10 pandan leaves and grind them with 30 ml of water. Sieve this and use the pandan juice.
- You may use coconut milk/santan from a small box. You do not need to buy fresh santan from the wet market.
- The pandan paste gives a good flavour and colour, but if you want a stronger colour, you can add 2 drops of green food colouring. Happy baking!
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