Pandan Honey Comb Cake (Banh Bo La Dua Nuong)

The Vietnamese pandan honey comb cake (banh bo la dua nuong) is a very popular cake that is sold at most Vietnamese supermarket and “food to go” places.  However, I decided to make it at home because they are quite pricey and my family love it when it is hot out of the oven.  The ones sold at the store are stale and hard, when we make it at home they are so soft and wonderful.

 

Ingredients

 

1 1/4 cups of tapioca flour

4 oz (1/2 cup) of coconut milk

1 bag of Alsa Brand single acting baking powder

6 large eggs

1 cup of sugar

1/2 teaspoon of pandan pure extract

 

Baking Instructions

Turn on the oven and preheat to 350F.

Combine the flour and baking powder together and set aside.

In a large bowl, lightly mix the eggs and the sugar with a fork.  Remember to mix just enough to homogenize the whites and yolks.  DO NOT over mix, it may cause the cake to be flat.  

 

Once the eggs and sugar are mixed, stir in the tapioca flour mixture, coconut milk and pandan pure extract.  Mix well.

 

Brush oil on the baking pan and put it in the oven on the 2nd lowest rack to heat up. The baking pan should be in the oven for about 5 minutes.

 

Use a basket to strain the mixture into another bowl.  Then use a strainer to strain the mixture into yet another bowl.   Straining the mixture a second time optional, just once should be sufficient, but I like to do it twice.

Pour the mixture into the hot baking pan from the oven.  You should hear the sizzling sound.  

Bake it for about 10 minutes at 350F. Then reduce the heat to 300F and bake for additional 30 minutes.  If your oven is not a convection oven, bake it for a little bit longer. To test if the cake is done, insert a toothpick and it should come out clean.

Once the cake is done, turn the oven off but leave the cake in the oven for an additional 10 minutes, before removing from the oven.

Once you remove the cake from the oven, let it cool down before cutting and removing from baking pan.

 

 

TIP:  This is a great dessert to bring to a house party/dinner with friends and family.  You can also bake in aluminum foil pan or put on a nice plate as a gift to the party host.