Wednesday, 25 September 2013

Pandan Coconut Milk Layer Crepe Cake





When I find out that is a pandan baking theme this month. It really excite me. I love anything to do with pandan, palm sugar and coconut milk. I always see this as a blessings from GOD to the SouthEast Asia regions. There is a lot of herbs around the world yet this 3 ingredients can produce varieties of desserts and savoury food . 


I planned to make Kuih Tako. However it seem to happen in such a way when you want something in shop you always can not find it , when you do not want it , it will just keep flashing in front you. I have saw and bough fresh pandan the past few months. When it come to this month, NO ! I just can not find any trace of pandan leave or even the frozen one. This is just upsetting! I have few frozen one in my freezer but is just not enough for me to make Kuih Tako .

So with the spirit of not giving up. I come by this recipe which seem interesting. So I decided to have this modify to Pandan version. The original recipe is from ->My little Favourite  ( which is one of the host for Pandan theme)

So here is my version of Pandan Coconut Crepe Cake.

Ingredients :

Pandan Coconut Milk Crepe
 
1 cup Plain Flour
1/3 cup Caster sugar
1 tsp Pandan essence or 1 1/2 Tbsp Pandan Juice
4 Eggs
350ml Milk
150ml Coconut Milk  ( you can varies to your liking)

Nob of butter for greasing the pan

Method :

1. Whisk eggs , milk and coconut milk in a jug . Combine the pandan juice well in it .
2. Sift the flour and sugar in a big bowl. Make a well in the centre , gradually pour in the egg, milk mixture in it.
3. Stirring gently with a whisk to combine ( do not beat) . As not to incorporate air in it.
4. Heat up a 20cm flat round pan. Grease with nob of butter.
5. Fill a 1/4 cup measure to about 2/3 full with batter. Pour into the centre of the pan and swirl the pan around to evenly cover the base. Cook in medium heat ( depend on your stove heat) about 1min. turn it to low and flip the crepe over to cook further 30 sec.
6. Place in the wire rack to cool once is done.
7. Repeat the process till all batter finished.
8. Stacking the crepe on top of each time nicely each time it has cool down on the rack .

This recipe yield for 20- 25 piece of crepe ( this is how much I have made with a few damage one in between)

Fillings ( I did a Coconut cream to go with the pandan crepe)

Ingredient

200ml Whipping Cream
2 Tbsp of sour cream
1 Tbsp of coconut milk
1 Tbsp of caster sugar

Method :

1. Use a cold metal bowl beat the whipping cream with sugar to soft peak.
2. Mix in Sour cream and beat to combine.
3. Pour in the coconut milk and fold to combine
4. Chilled in fridge before use

Assembly

1. Put a piece of crepe on the flat surface
2. Used the back of the spoon to gently coat the creamy filling in a thing layer over the crepe.
3. Place another crepe on top neatly, continue the process till all finished.
4. Chilled in the fridge in a container , till serving time cut into wedges and enjoy.


Do not chill too long as it will dry out the surface of the crepe cake. I guess I have spread too little cream in between the crepe cake. Next time if I make this again will spread it sparingly. Just thinking out loud maybe I can do a vanila crepe cake with durian cream. It will be a great combination too .

I am submitting this post to Little Thumbs Up September Pandan Hosted by Joceline@ Butter, Flour & Me, organised by Zoe@ Bake for Happy Kids and Mui Mui @ My Little Favourites DIY




Am excited to see so many pandan dishes and creation . Thanks for organising this ladies.

Hopefully you like what I have "created" . Have a great pandan experience.

6 comments:

  1. Same here... I do feel like home cooking and enjoying food with Asian ingredients. Glad that Joceline chooses this Pandan theme for this event and like your twist of having pandan in your crepe cake :D

    Zoe

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  2. wa! so great. i never try to do this layer cake. Now feel exciting to try it. Thanks for sharing & link. Thanks ~

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    1. Thanks you ladies for organised this event. I wish to bake more often and from each different theme encourage me to do something new or learn from others. :)

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  3. love your crepe, wish to taste it one day from you :D i link it to my hong kong trip, hope its ok to you :) http://leesaichyfeetnmouth.wordpress.com/2013/10/14/ichyfeet-hong-kongladies-street-%E8%84%9A%E7%97%92%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%A5%B3%E4%BA%BA%E8%A1%97/

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  4. I've tried to use this recipe is too thick when I made my mixes .. maybe i do not dilute so kind. I will try to make progress and again. iPod upright in the picture.. look so delicious! my brother buy me some slice crepe cake for me the original one.. , its so nice and delicious! :D *sorryimbrokenenglish*

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    1. Hi Hidayah, thanks for trying out my recipe. I can not remember how is the consistency of my mixture. I think it might be also how thick the coconut milk you are using. The coconut milk we can have is from the can so it might not as thick as the original creamy coconut milk squeeze fresh. Yup hope you will find the right consistency and you will enjoy this crepe. :)

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