Back to Basics

It has been a long long time since I baked cakes. I still remember the very first cake which I baked repeatedly was Pandan Chiffon Cake. To date, I don't think I have baked a perfect Pandan Chiffon Cake though.

I had no intention of baking on this day until I saw this bunch of bananas in my house. They were rotting and would probably end up in the rubbish chute soon. It reminded me of a recipe which I learnt in my baking classes that requires bananas which are 1/3 black. N these were the right kind of bananas too... what they call "Pang Jio". The right bananas for making Banana Chiffon Cake, so I just had to make it.

Due to my past experiences with Pandan CHIFFON cake, I was pretty apprehensive while making this cake... My pandan chiffon cakes are not that bad, just not perfect. Anyway, one of the steps in making chiffon cakes was whisking egg whites....

It has been quite some time since I whisked egg whites... kinda miss the whole process of learning how to whisk egg whites to stiff peaks.. how me and my friends and classmates would keep asking each other and the chefs if the egg whites are done in class. Haha....

I miss the whole process of seeing the batter turn into a cake and emitting a nice aroma which fills my whole kitchen too...

The Banana Chiffon Cake turned out to be unexpectedly good. The texture was great! The taste was good, just a little sweet and some preferred the banana taste to be stronger. Happy :D

I miss baking cakes and I know I should go back to practise my basics soon. I shall bake my Pandan Chiffon Cake again.