There are two non-enzymatic browning reactions happening here. Make a beautiful Pandan Basque Burnt cheesecake with me. This pandan cheesecake is moist and light which can almost melt in your mouth, so perfect to serve with a cup of coffee. I love cheesecake and never get tired of b aking it with different flavours. It is smooth and creamy, and so easy to make. It'll be creamy, tall, and delicious! The first is the caramelization of the sugar, which creates aromatic compounds such as Diacetyl and Maltol, which give the top the flavor of caramel. By the subjective standards of cheesecake, Basque Cheesecake is burnt, but it is not cooked so long that the top turns to carbon. Pandan Basque Cheesecake Recipe: Make a Pandan Basque Burnt Cheesecake with me. Place in the oven and bake for 50 minutes, until the cheesecake is burnished bronze on top, even chestnut brown in places, and risen, like a dense soufflé. So after baking my chiffon pandan cake, I used the remaining pandan juice to make this delicious and decadent fragrant (baseless) Pandan Cheesecake, an east and west fusion. Hi friends! Oct 12, 2020. This cake has a subtle pandan and vanilla flavor and a beautiful caramel flavor on the outside.