King of the Fruits

It is the fruit season again. Everywhere you can see stalls / lorries with loads of fruits like rambutan, 'campulut', 'tarap'( a local fruit only available in Sabah), duku langsat, jackfruit, mangosteen  and not forgetting the King of the Fruit - The DURIAN. Sometimes we can make cake out of certain fruits and Durian is one of them.

For durian lovers, if you have leftover durian, just take out the flesh and freeze them for usage later. A good, delicious and aromatic durian cake will taste better with a ripe and good quality durian flesh but sometimes we can use flesh of durians that are not up to 'standard'. ( flesh not creamy or a little tasteless).

Here is an easy Durian Cake recipe taken from "Agnes Chang - I Can Bake"

Ingredients A: 250g butter                                    Ingredients B: 180g durian flesh
                      200g Caster sugar                                                4 tbsp milk
                      4 eggs                                                                  1/2 tsp durian essence (optional)
Ingredients C: 240g Self Raising Flour, sifted
                      1 tbsp Custard Powder, sifted
                      1/4 tsp salt

1. Cream butter and sugar of Ingredient A till light. Add eggs one at a time, creaming well after each addition.
2. Mix durian flesh and milk of Ingredient B and strain to get smooth and velvety flesh.
3. Fold in half of B and half of C mixture till well combined. Fold in the remaining B and C mixture till well mixed.
4. Pour cake mixture into a lined and greased 20cm / 8" round cake tin. Bake in preheated oven at 180 degree C for about 45-50 mins till golden brown and cooked.
5. Remove cake, leave to cool before serving.