Pandan Layered Cake

Cake ingredient:
200g sponge mix flour
4 eggs
3 tbsp pandan juice
(pound 4 pcs pandan leaf and squeezed out juice)
A little green colouring, if necessary
3 tbsp thick coconut milk, mixed with 1 tbsp corn oil
Method:
- Beat sponge mix flour and eggs till light.
- Add pandan juice and continue to beat till fluffy. Add green colouring if necessary. Mix in coconut milk and corn oil till well-combined.
- Pour into a lined and greased 20cm / 8” round baking tin and bake in pre-heated oven at 180 ºC for about 35-40 minutes, till cooked and golden brown.
- Remove the cake from the oven, leave to cool. Slice cake horizontally into 4 slices.
Pandan Kaya:
8 tbsp green peas flour / hoen kwe flour
1 tbsp instant jelly powder
800ml coconut milk {squeezed from 1½ coconuts}
170 sugar
½ tsp salt
A little green colouring
Decoration:
50g dessicated coconut, a little green colouring
Method:
- Put all the ingredients into a pot and mix well.
- Using medium heat, stir and cook mixture has thickened.
- Keep mixture hot by putting the pot in the pan of hot water to prevent it from setting too quickly.
To Assemble:
- Place a 20cm / 8” cake ring on a cake board, put 1 slice of cake into the cake ring, making sure there is space all round for the pandan kaya.
- Scoop some pandan kaya to cover the cake and sides. Repeat the same way till the last layer is covered with pandan kaya.
- Leave aside to cool and set before chilling in the fridge for at least 4 hours, best over-night before removing the cake ring.
- Mix dessicated coconut with green colouring. Decorate the sides of cake with dessicated coconuts before serving.