Singapore, June 20, 2010- GREEN TEAM LifeStyle did a blind taste test of seven popular pandan chiffon cakes to find the most luscious bake. ASIANBAKES PRIMADELI POLAR PUFFS & CAKES PINE GARDEN’S CAKE BENGAWAN SOLO
The panel of testers comprised Sunday Times food critics Wong Ah Yoke, Tan Hsueh Yun and Foong Woei Wan. Here are their verdicts.
Where: 6 Eu Tong Sen St, B1-43, The Central
Tel: 6221-9646
Opening hours: 11am to 8.30pm weekdays, 11am to 6.30pm weekends
Price: $1.20 (one slice), $7.90 (15cm diameter) and $13.90 (23cm diameter)
Verdict: It has a pleasant pandan fragrance and although the crumb does not look very airy, the cake texture is light and fluffy
Where: 34 outlets including 10 Sinaran Drive, 01-20, Square 2
Tel: 6397-2359,
Opening hours: 8.30am to 9.30pm daily; 2 Tampines Central 5, B1-21, Century Square
Tel: 6787-3070
Opening hours: 10am to 10pm daily
Price: Until June 30, $4.90 (15.5cm diameter, usual $5.50) and $9.40 (21cm diameter, usual $10.50)
Verdict: Springy texture but its sweetness masked the pandan and coconut flavours.
Where: 31 outlets including; 1 Kim Seng Promenade, B1-K1, Great World City
Tel: 6884-7787
Opening hours: 9am to 9.30pm daily;
Changi Airport Terminal 1 Departure Check-in Hall
Tel: 6542-7938
Opening hours: 24 hours
Price: $6.80 (regular), $11.80 (large)
Verdict: The pandan flavour was wanting and parts of the cake did not rise evenly.
Where: Block 529 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10, 01-2369
Tel: 6457-6159
Opening hours: 8.30am to 10pm daily
Price: $2.50 (15cm diameter) and $6 (20cm diameter)
Verdict: Moist and fluffy with a light pandan fragrance but there is a faint sourish aftertaste.
Where: 43 outlets, including Changi Airport Terminal 3 Departure Check-in Hall
Tel: 6543-5012
Opening hours: 6am to midnight daily
Price: $8.80 (20cm diameter)
Verdict: The coconut and pandan flavours were easily discernible and aromatic, the hue was attractive and it was velvety in the mouth.
YUMMI CHIFFON
Where: Six outlets including 438 Alexandra Road, 01-12, Alexandra Technopark A
Opening hours: 7am to 5pm weekdays, closed weekends
Price: $1.60 (7cm diameter)
Verdict: This mini cake tastes very coconutty because it is studded with bits of shredded coconut.
LITTLE JERRY’S COOKIES
Where: 1 Bukit Batok Central Link, B1-04A, West Mall; 1 Jurong West Central 2, 03-84, Jurong Point Shopping Centre
Opening hours: 11am to 10pm daily, all
stores
Price: $6 (16cm diameter) and $24 (26cm diameter)
Verdict: It is too moist and tastes more
like a pandan flavoured ji dan gao, or
Chinese steamed egg cake.
Related links:
Pandan Chiffon Cake recipe
Mad about Pandan Chiffon cake
