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I heard from a baker yesterday that in SIngapore bakers use medium flour whilst in the US, most bakers use strong flour. The flour in the Pandan Angel cake is medium flour or even cake flour can be used. So if any one wants to use strong flour, then please substitute about a tablespoon of it for cornflour or just make sure that it's medium flour.
This is a reply to Seppo's question as to whether pandan essence comes from pandan leaves. The answer is abolutely so. Abstracting pandan flavour from pandan leaves is rather tedious. You have to pound the leaves or whizz it in the processor or blender and then squeeze out the juice from the leaves. Most of the time, I cheat a little by adding a bit of water to it to abstract more leaf juice. It's easier to use pandan essence as it is easily available in most shops in SIngapore. Where you come from, perhaps a Chinese shop might sell this pandan essence. Sorry, can't help you at this point. Anyway, have you tried orange flavoured angel cake? Just add in orange juice instead and some grated orange zest. It's just as good and most importantly, FAT-FREE! Let me know if you have any success looking for the pandan essence.
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