Thai Pandan Layer Cake Khanom Chan 🍰🌿

Description

Khanom Chan is a traditional Thai layered cake known for its soft chewy texture and delicate pandan aroma. Made from coconut milk, rice flour, and tapioca flour, the dessert is steamed in thin layers that create a beautiful translucent green and white pattern. 🌿
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Elegant pandan layers, creamy coconut flavor, and a silky chewy texture make Khanom Chan one of Thailand’s most distinctive traditional cakes. 🍰

Ingredients

• Cake batter
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• 🥥 400 ml coconut milk (1⅔ cups / 13.5 fl oz)
• 🍬 180 g sugar (¾ cup / 6.3 oz)
• 🌾 120 g rice flour (1 cup / 4.2 oz)
• 🌾 80 g tapioca flour (⅔ cup / 2.8 oz)
• 🌾 40 g mung bean flour (⅓ cup / 1.4 oz)
• 🌿 60 ml pandan juice (¼ cup / 2 fl oz)
• 🧂 2 g salt (½ tsp / 0.07 oz)

Preparation

1. 1️⃣ Prepare the batter
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3. Mix coconut milk, sugar, salt, rice flour, tapioca flour, and mung bean flour until smooth. 🥣
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5. 2️⃣ Divide the batter
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7. Split the batter into two bowls and mix pandan juice into one portion to create the green layer. 🌿
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9. 3️⃣ Prepare the steamer
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11. Bring water to a boil in a steamer and lightly oil a square cake pan. 🔥
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13. 4️⃣ Steam the first layer
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15. Pour a thin white batter layer and steam for about 4 min until set. 🍰
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17. 5️⃣ Add pandan layer
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19. Pour a thin green pandan batter layer and steam another 4 min. 🌿
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21. 6️⃣ Repeat the layers
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23. Alternate layers until all batter is used, steaming each layer before adding the next. 🔄
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25. 7️⃣ Cool the cake
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27. Let the cake cool completely so the layers firm up properly. ❄️
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29. 8️⃣ Slice and serve
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31. Cut the cake into neat squares and serve at room temperature. 🍽️

Total Time

🕒 Prep: 15 min
🔥 Cook/Bake: 35 min
🛋 Rest: 30 min
⏰ Total: 80 min

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