Pandan Chiffon Cake

Dear all,

I managed to lay my hands on a pandan chiffon cake.

I know that if you go to NTUC or even Sheng Siong, you can easily get one at $2.50. The difference between a homemade pandan chiffon and that of mass manufactured lies in the quality, texture and fragrance.

My house was filled up with the fragrance of the pandan smell while the cake was baking. This receipe is tweaked from several other receipes that I have had. I have yet to perfect this receipe but if you are keen to give it a shot, do take note of the ingredients below. If you need the exact steps, please do email me and I will be glad to share.

Ingredients
1. 100g of cake flour, sifted
2. 1 tsp of baking powder, sifted
3. 5 egg yolks, medium
4. 100ml of thick coconut milk
5. 55g of castor sugar
6. 15ml of pandan juice or replace with 1 tsp of pandan paste
7. 1/4 tsp of apple green colouring
8. 4 tbsp of carnola oil
9. 5 egg whites
10. 1/4 tsp of cream of tartar
11. 55 g of castor sugar

Tips:
- For ingredients 9 to 11, the following should be taken note of. There should not be traces of egg yolks in the egg whites. The utensils to handle the egg whites e.g. the whisk and bowl should be clean, grease and water free.
- Do not use peanut oil in place of carnola oil as the smell of peanut can be overpowering.
- To get the thick coconut milk, I used the packet type of coconut cream. I used approximately 75ml of cream topped with water to make it 100ml.
- Pandan juice will give the cake a real difference but I am too lazy. Pls use a thick pandan paste to get a close result.

Reviews for the cake:
- It is definitely much nicer than the pandan cake (but in my opinion they are different taste and different cake! So, u cant expect a similar taste)
- My bro finds it dense. I admit this point because I left it in my helper's hands to mix the batter. Come on, she is only 6 y.o. She wont know that she overdid it.
- LMK finds it ok and same goes for my family members.

I will think how I can perfect my steps to make the cake lighter and fluffier.