Pandan Chiffon Cake
By sishy7
@sishy7 (27169)
Australia
June 7, 2017 1:27am CST
# 72
I baked this green-colored sponge cake. Can’t say that I made it from scratch, I used a premix package for it. All I needed to do was to add eggs, coconut milk, and a little bit of water.
The green color made people think it was a matcha or green-tea flavored cake. But this was a pandan-flavored cake. Pandan leaf extract is very popular in South-East Asia and used for many cooking from fragrant rice to sweet desserts and drinks. It adds the natural green coloring to food and it has a distinctly pleasant aroma. Coconut and pandan also make a nice combination – many dishes from the region have cocopandan flavors.
My cake looks a bit burned on the outside... But I assure you it does not taste like charcoal at all. In fact, this cake is so light, fluffy, and nicely flavored with the coconut milk and pandan extract.
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42 responses
@youless (112164)
• Guangzhou, China
7 Jun 17
Your cake looks so professional
In fact I almost think it is a chocolate cake since it is brown. I didn't realize it is a bit burned
I haven't tried the pandan-flavored stuff yet. So I am curious to its taste. I really like to try your cake.
In fact I almost think it is a chocolate cake since it is brown. I didn't realize it is a bit burned I haven't tried the pandan-flavored stuff yet. So I am curious to its taste. I really like to try your cake.5 people like this
. But you promised that you will give a recipe as well
@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
15 Jun 17
One of my best selling cake is chiffon. Many times I plan to add pandan extract but always forgot due to other orders.
Since I am on a vacation for 2 weeks, I guess this pandan chiffon cake is a nice idea to surprise my customers 
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@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
15 Jun 17
@sishy7 Chocolate flavor is always the favorite , mango flavor comes next to my orders.
But I am more inlove with the cheesecakes
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What other chiffon cake flavors do you sell?
@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
15 Jun 17
do you do all the baking and cooking yourself?
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
7 Jun 17
i actually like and get the "burnt" areas (top, bottom, sides), that slightly bitter taste, but not too much that, as you say, it tastes like charcoal. is it this cake mix you used?
Pondan Chiffon Pandan is a cake mix to make delicious chiffon cake. It has a soft cake texture and delicious...
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
7 Jun 17
@hereandthere 
everyone thinks it's chocolate cake... and did you notice how different mine turned out from how it's supposed to as pictured on the box...
everyone thinks it's chocolate cake... and did you notice how different mine turned out from how it's supposed to as pictured on the box... 3 people like this
@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
7 Jun 17
@sishy7 i think you're supposed to take it out, then let it cool on top of the oven, not leave it in there after the prescribed time. even though i read and know what pandan is, i thought it was chocolate mint when i saw the brown and green color heh-heh
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@diosabella (4789)
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8 Jun 17
Like the color of the cake in the inside. I never tried pandan flavor making a sponge cake. But I did vanilla, orange and mocha flavor. This food talk is making me hungry.
This food talk is making me hungry. 1 person likes this
@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
9 Jun 17
@diosabella It's great how the plant is grown locally there... Down here I can only find pandan leaves in a frozen package and quite costly to buy them...
@diosabella (4789)
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9 Jun 17
@sishy7 I have pandan plant out in the garden. But im not sure if I can make a cake out of it. But the smell is really nice when we cook rice with it and some sweet rice cakes. Oh and its good infusing in juices too.
But the smell is really nice when we cook rice with it and some sweet rice cakes. Oh and its good infusing in juices too.1 person likes this
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
7 Jun 17
It is colorful and looks very tempting. Could I have a portion of it?
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
8 Jun 17
@dpk262006 It's a yes but I just don't know how to get it to you...
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@much2say (53941)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Jun 17
@sishy7 I think of grasshopper cake (I believe that's minty - but no grasshoppers ) with the green and chocolate look. Next time I go to an Asian market, I'll have to look for this stuff . . . now I am on the lookout for two cakes thanks to you !
) with the green and chocolate look. Next time I go to an Asian market, I'll have to look for this stuff . . . now I am on the lookout for two cakes thanks to you ! 1 person likes this
@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
12 Jun 17
Someone else thought it's a chocolate mint flavored cake (I think it was hereandthere)...
The pandan flavor is more like in the aroma of the cake. The taste itself is more like a coconut cake, perhaps because of the thick coconut milk that goes in it...1 person likes this
@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
7 Jun 17
Looks really good sort of similar to what I eat once in a while that is a Vietnamese dessert
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
8 Jun 17
@sishy7 I think so :) it's the green right?
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
8 Jun 17
@infatuatedbby yes, the pandan leaves extracts usually make the green food coloring...
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@CookieMonster46 (13447)
• United States
7 Jun 17
looks good enough for me to try some...
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
9 Jun 17
@CookieMonster46 Yeah, if I didn't cut the cake to show the green inside, it probably wouldn't look too attractive in the picture.
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@CookieMonster46 (13447)
• United States
9 Jun 17
@sishy7 the first place I look is to the green..
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@thelme55 (76489)
• Germany
8 Jun 17
@sishy7 yes, I have tried that one you bought but I didn't like it much because I have made ( sometime before that) chiffon cake myself with the real Pandan leaves and it was far better than the ready mix one in the shop. Sad to say, I can't make Pandan chiffon cake here in Germany as there's no Pandan plant here.
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@rachz_kisses (3798)
• Philippines
13 Jun 17
Oh my. My favorite kind of cake. I love pandan cake.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
14 Jun 17
@rachz_kisses that's a good idea! hey, you just reminded me how I want to try this mug cake recipe using a microwave... 
hey, you just reminded me how I want to try this mug cake recipe using a microwave... 1 person likes this
@rachz_kisses (3798)
• Philippines
14 Jun 17
@sishy7 Yes. But I made them in cupcakes. That way, I only have to get a piece whenever I want to eat rather than kept on slicing the cake.
But I made them in cupcakes. That way, I only have to get a piece whenever I want to eat rather than kept on slicing the cake. 1 person likes this
@atoz1to10 (6781)
• Australia
7 Jun 17
It looks delicious... Is it easy to make?
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
8 Jun 17
@atoz1to10 You're welcome! Let us know how yours turns up...
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@atoz1to10 (6781)
• Australia
7 Jun 17
@sishy7 I think I will try to make it. Thanks.
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@Elisa1234 (7607)
• Philippines
27 Jun 17
Wow! I havent't tried this one 
Pandan Chiffon cake. Will you bake this cake for me if i will visit in your place? 
I wanna try it. I wanna learn how to bake a cake too.
Pandan Chiffon cake. Will you bake this cake for me if i will visit in your place? I wanna try it. I wanna learn how to bake a cake too.1 person likes this
@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
27 Jun 17
@Elisa1234 Ah, so you are in school... All the best with your studies!
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@Elisa1234 (7607)
• Philippines
27 Jun 17
@sishy7 Hahaha I am not sure when is the exact date! Maybe after my graduation and if i get a stable job, I will save some money so i can visit there in your place 
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
20 Jul 17
Well, it looks interesting, at least... I am not sure I would actually eat any of it, but you never know... I might try a taste... LOL! (I have no clue what pandan is or tastes like, so would be wary on that account... NOT because I would distrust your cooking!)
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
21 Jul 17
@DaddyEvil Nothing you say will offend me...
No, I don't know what to say about pandan taste... The cake tasted like coconut flavor to me but it does have the distinct fragrance of pandan leaves...
No, I don't know what to say about pandan taste... The cake tasted like coconut flavor to me but it does have the distinct fragrance of pandan leaves...1 person likes this
@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
21 Jul 17
@sishy7 LOL! (At least I didn't offend you with my comment, sishy!
)
Hmmm... I can taste the vanilla in different foods. You can't taste the pandan at all?
)
Hmmm... I can taste the vanilla in different foods. You can't taste the pandan at all?1 person likes this
