noraleah:

I’ve seen versions of this on the web and every time I’m more intrigued. How could you not eat Pandan Chiffon Cake with a big smile on your face? It just looks so fluffy and happy.

The baker/blogger is from Kuala Lumpur, where her father grew a pandan leaf tree in their yard specifically so that her mother could make this cake. She writes:

… but one would never swear off a cake, not when one has eaten and baked the cake since she was wee and all she can remember every time she savors a piece of pandan chiffon are those precious moments when the cake rose steadily in the oven and the smell of the intoxicating dark green pandan leaves melded with a hint of coconut milk filled the air of her childhood home….