Pandan Honeycomb Cake (Bánh Bò Nướng)
This vibrant green honeycomb cake gets its color from Pandan Extract. This traditional Vietnamese cake is known as Bánh Bò Nướng. This cake has a spongy, soft texture, and lightly sweetened. The pandan leaf extract is nutty and pairs nicely with the rich coconut milk and coconut shavings on top!
Servings: 12
Calories: 181kcal
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup water
- 1 cup unsweetened, full fat coconut milk
- 2 tsp Pandan Extract
- 6 large eggs
- 3 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 cup tapioca starch
- 1 tbsp rice flour
- ½ cup sugar
- 2½ tsp baking powder
- cooking spray to grease the cake pan
- ¼ cup shredded coconut optional topping
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F / 180 C.
- Crack eggs and beat lightly with a fork. Do not overbeat otherwise your cake won’t have the beautiful honeycomb texture.
- Add in coconut oil, water, coconut milk and pandan extract and mix until combined.
- Mix all the dry ingredients together.
- Add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture and mix slowly until fully combined.
- Grease the bundt tin with cooking spray and pour the prepared batter to the pan.
- Bake for 50-55 minutes. Turn off the oven but keep cake in the oven with the oven door partially open for 20 minutes.
- Remove the cake from the form and let it cool. Top with shredded coconut (optional) and serve.
Notes
- Use a quality Pandan Extract. There are many different varieties out there, some are of low quality with added artificial ingredients. Use an extract that is pure, and bright green in color.
- Break up the yolks of the eggs with a fork, and then beat. This will help keep you from over beating the eggs which can cause the cake to have too much air.
- Fold the ingredients together gently. You don't want to over mix the batter and lose the airy quality.
- Remove the cake from the cake pan to cool right away! This will keep the cake from collapsing on itself in the pan.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 181kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 93mg | Sodium: 44mg | Potassium: 169mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 9g