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(Better late than never...) It's time for an upside-down cake, this time with berries.  I had initially wanted to bake a pandan chiffon cake but, slight drawback... I didn't have any pandan leaves or extract.  Since it's summertime, I had lots of berries instead, so the decision was made.  By the way, you can use this batter base to make all kinds of chiffon cake flavors : mocha, ube, pandan, cider, berries... It's my go-to batter nowadays, the cake is so delicious and pillow-soft (the secret is in the meringue you fold in). Here's the recipe :       3 eggs, separated     1/4 water or milk (this is what you can substitute with flavors like strong coffee, pandan extract, juice, ube, cider, lemon...)     1/4 cup vegetable oil     1 cup cake flour       1/2 cup sugar + 1/2 cup sugar     1  teaspoon baking powder     1/2 teaspoon salt      1 teaspoon vanilla     ...