What Makes Ondeh Ondeh Cake so Special?


Who on earth isn’t a dessert person? If you have a sweet tooth, ondeh ondeh cake is a must have dessert. There are several places known for selling their specialty desserts. Just like most things, desserts have revolved as well over time. Where once the only three ingredients required for making cakes were flour, butter and honey are now replaced with a thousand more. With so many bakers around the corner, there is not just one way to make a cake anymore. Thanks to the internet, you now have access to these various methods of making cakes. But still there are some recipes that stands out when compared to others. Why? Because these recipes have that surprise element and ingredients that are not commonly used otherwise. Ondeh ondeh cake is one such dessert that is different and makes use of the most surprising ingredients.

Ondeh ondeh is a famous kueh. Traditionally ondeh ondeh was a rice ball that was filled with gula melaka and then covered with coconut flakes. But now with experimentation, bakers have turned this traditional dessert into an ondeh ondeh cake which is equally interesting to have.We are so excited to share what makes this cake so special!

A recent trend these days is the revolution of our local foods especially desserts- thanks to our bakers. Most have managed to revive our traditional food industry by coming up with creative ideas to make them more attractive to a wider audience. One such creation is the ondeh ondeh cake.


Ondeh Ondeh Cakes

Ondeh Ondeh cakes are a popular kueh. Made with original and natural ingredients, this dessert is a must have. The top three ingredients required to make this delicious cake are

  • Pandan
  • Gula melaka
  • Coconut (shredded)

Ondeh ondeh is not only popular flavor for cakes but is also added to other sweet and savory dishes. And so, there are many other ideas for ondeh ondeh dishes. However, we will discuss our personal favorite first. So, let’s see what makes these cakes so special.

Pandan sponge cake base

Ondeh ondeh cakes use a pandan sponge cake base for the cake. Pandan is a leaf that gives the cake that vanilla and coconutty flavor. It can be very commonly found. You can also use frozen pandan leaves in case you don't get the fresh ones.  Pandan is added to the sponge of the cake as an ingredient that enhances the flavor further. Almost every ondeh ondeh cake's base is green in color. This color is due to the green food color that is added to the sponge batter. Rice flour is another ingredient that gives the cake that moist and soft texture.

Gula Melaka (palm sugar)

Gula melaka is another ingredient that makes this cake so amazingly special. Gula melaka can be boiled with water or individually to produce a brown thick syrup. This syrup is added along with butter cream on the base of the cake to further enhance the flavor of every ingredient. Gula melaka also gives the cake that extra crunch. White sugar and gula melaka are two different things. Unlike plain sugar, gula melaka gives off a smokey scent and flavor when cooked.

Pandan Butter cream

To further make this amazing treat more delicious, butter cream or pandan butter cream is used to decorate the cake with. Sometimes coconut buttercream is also used. This buttercream gives the cake that amazing taste. It is either paired with gula melaka or both are spread separately between and on the top of the cake. This pandan butter cream brings out the flavor of the vanilla sponge base.

Coconut

There are many different ways to use coconut in ondeh ondeh cake. Sometimes coconut flour is used to make a sponge base. Pandan, when used with coconut flour to make a sponge base further, enhances that coconutty and vanilla flavor. Sometimes coconut flakes are spread between the sponge and on top of it separately. Coconut flakes may also be added in the butter cream making the cream more coconutty in flavor. Lastly, coconut flakes can be used to decorate the cake entirely.

Ondeh ondeh cake is quite famous these days especially because they make use of so many surprising ingredients like coconut, gula melaka, butter cream and pandan leaves. Who could have thought that the traditional ondeh ondeh can be modernized into something so amazing? This is a must have a treat for everyone.

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