Japanese Cheesecake Bars

Pandan Coconut Cake

I first tried this cake in Phuket and fell in love with it. Went through a lot of trouble and translations before I could get my hands on the recipe! Nonetheless the hassle was worth it. The fragrant pandan from fresh pandan leaves makes all the difference in this cake, it pairs perfectly with coconut leaving a light and refreshing after taste.

Carrot Cake

Brief history: Carrots have been used in sweet cakes since the medieval period, during which time sweeteners were scarce and expensive, while carrots, which contain more sugar than any other vegetable besides the sugar beet, were much easier to come by and were used to make sweet desserts. The popularity of carrot cake was probably revived in Great Britain because of rationing during the Second World War. Carrot cakes first became commonly available in restaurants and cafeterias in the United States in the early 1960s. They were at first a novelty item, but people liked them so much that carrot cake became standard dessert fare.