Coconut layer cake or Banh Chin Tang May or Banh Da Lon

Honestly, I didn't know the name of this dessert when I bought the mix for it at the chinese grocery. I just know I like eating it.

  

  

The directions were simple enough. I would have made it last night but I was just too darn tired. Anyways, part of the reason was that I'm trying out a new pandan extract and I want to know if it is any good.

  

The mix was in one packet and all went into a bowl with the coconut milk. 

  

Then in went a teeny bit of pandan extract, it didn't look too impressive.

But it did make everything pretty green so that was impressive! It also doesn't smell like horrible chemicals the way the other one did. (only half the batter got some green).

 Into my awkward steamer it went. The bowls didn't quite fit so the whole thing came out tilted but that's ok.

  

After about 4 minutes the next layer went in, and so on alternating colors. The last one I tested it at 4 minutes with my finger and it was a bit liquidy so I left it in, saw another recipe that suggests leaving it for 10 minutes after the last layer ( I did like 5 minutes testing it with a fork at the end cuz I thought it might be hot, springy and solid).

 

So out they came!

 

Here you can see the tilt it caused. With the amount I had I only got 4 total layers, I guess I made them too thick.

 

Hehe, a close up. I am still waiting to get to taste it because it needs to cool for half an hour and I am waiting for Thomas to get here.