Month: October 2017

Pandan marble cake

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I’m on a pandan cake streak. I actually bought 1 litre of pandan paste that needs to be used by April next year so I’m trying very hard to finish it before it expires. Obviously I have some problems with proportioning – never thought that it would take such a long time to finish 1 litre of paste. Today, I’ve decided to be a bit more fancy and use my Williams Sonoma bundt tin. I’ve had many failed attempts using this bundt tin and learnt that it requires a lot of greasing if not half the cake will remain stuck to the tin. I love making marble cakes because they are pretty to look at and it is fun to make the little swirls in the cake. Nutrition per slice (serves 8) Ingredients 140g unsalted butter (room temperature) 100g caster sugar 220g self raising flour 3 large eggs 250ml coconut milk 1 tsp pandan paste 1 tsp vanilla essence 30g desiccated coconut 2 tbsp poppy seeds Directions Preparation time: 15min Baking time: 30min or when …

Pandan coconut cupcakes

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Pandan! One of my favourite asian flavours. Don’t be fooled by the colour of these cupcakes. They taste absolutely delicious plus they are super easy to make! All you need is coconut milk and pandan essence to bring out the asian flavour. You can get pandan essence easily from asian grocers. I won’t recommend using pandan leaves because you will need a lot of leaves to extract the flavour out – it’s just too much work. One teaspoon of pandan essence is all you need to save you the trouble. Nutrition per cupcake (one batch makes 12) Ingredients for the cupcake  240g self-raising flour 140g unsalted butter (room temperature) 100g caster sugar 2 large eggs 270ml coconut milk 1 tsp pandan essence Toasted desiccated coconut for sprinkles (optional) Ingredients for the frosting 250g cream cheese (room temperature) 30g unsalted butter (room temperature) 40g icing sugar 1 tsp vanilla essence Directions  Preparation time: 10-15min Baking time: 15-20min or when the skewer comes out clean  Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Prepare a 12 case muffin tin …