Ondeh-ondeh Cake
Each morsel comes punctuated with coconut frosting and intense sweetness from the pandan sponge. At the centre, coconut mousse mimics the oozing effect when biting into an ondeh-ondeh.
Serves 8 people Prep time 1 hour Cook time 10 minutes
pandan joconde sponge • 37g almond flour
• 23g flour
• 84g egg white
• 63g sugar
• 63g yolk
• 3g pandan extract
» Sift the almond flour and flour together.
» In a bowl, whisk the egg white while slowly adding in the sugar. Continue to whisk the egg white mixture until a firm peak is achieved.
» Add the egg yolk in the mixer, followed by the pandan extract.
» In the same bowl, fold in the flour mixture. Do not over mix it as it will break down the air you built up in your batter resulting in a very flat cake.
» Bake the cake at 220ºc for five minutes.
coconut sugar syrup • 1kg coconut sugar • 200ml water
• 10 pandan leaves » In a pot, bring all the ingredients to a boil. Once boiled, sieve and set aside the liquid.
coconut filling
• 300g fresh coconut
• 150ml fresh coconut milk • 300ml caramel coconut syrup
» Mix all ingredients together until well combined.
coconut mousse
• 300ml coconut cream
• 2 pieces of gelatin sheets • 250ml whipped cream
» In a pot, warm the coconut cream then add in the gelatin sheets and mix. Set aside to cool.
» Once cooled, fold in whipped cream.
» Place the coconut mousse into fridge until chilled.
caramel coconut frosting
• 750g butter
• 300ml coconut sugar syrup
» In a bowl, whisk the butter until soft and fluffy.
» In the same bowl, add coconut sugar syrup into the whisked butter and mix it.
pandan glaze
• 10g gelatin sheets • 75ml water
• 150g sugar • 150g glucose
• 90ml condensed milk • 150g white chocolate • 15g pandan extract
» Soak gelatin sheets in ice water until soft.
» In a pot, bring water and sugar to a boil. Then add in glucose and condensed milk.
» Sieve the condensed milk mixture and set aside the liquid. Add the softened gelatin sheets to the liquid.
» In a bowl, add in the liquid, white chocolate and pandan extract. Mix well. Set aside until assembly.
assembly
» Lay the pandan joconde sponge on the base of a baking tray.
» Place a layer of caramel coconut frosting on the pandan joconde sponge and spread evenly.
» Place another piece of pandan joconde sponge on top of the caramel coconut frosting.
» Place a layer of coconut mousse on the pandan joconde sponge and spread evenly.
» Place a piece of pandan joconde sponge on top of the coconut mousse.
» Repeat the above four steps until the last layer of caramel coconut frosting is left.
» Leave the cake in freezer until the cake is set.
» Once the cake is ready, warm the pandan glaze and pour it on top of the cake.
» Pop the cake into the fridge to set the glaze.