Its the Durian season. with all the durians laying around i can’t help but doing something other than pulut durian so i search the net to browse at my favorite foodie bloggers and there it was…the moment i saw the picture she took, i knew that i had to try it. So i did and my dad (the huge durian lover) obviously love it and i higly recommend you to try it too.
this recipe is courtesy of My Kitchen by lydia -> http://mykitch3n.blogspot.com/search/label/Cake
Sponge Cake Base
Ingredients:
½ cup all purpose flour
2 eggs
1 tsp ovalette (optional)
⅓ cup castor sugar
¼ cup cold milk (full cream)
1 tsp vanilla essence
Pinch of salt
Directions:
- Grease and line a 8” spring form baking pan. Preheat oven to 175ºC.
- Beat eggs for 1 minute, add in ovalette and sugar then continue to beat until the mixture is pale in colour.
- Stir in milk and vanilla essence, fold in sifted flour and salt.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes, cool on rack.
Durian Pudding
Ingredients:
1 cup milk
80g sugar
1½ tsp agar-agar powder (mix with ¼ cup water)
2 egg yolks
2 tbsp custard powder
½ tbsp gelatine powder (dilute in 2 tbsp hot water)
½ cup durian puree (I added some chunk)
Directions:
- Heat milk with sugar until it boils. Add in agar-agar mixture and bring to boil.
- Turn the heat down, add in egg yolks and custard powder. Cook until it thickens
- Stir in gelatine mixture and durian puree. Mix until well blended.
Assemble
1. Trim the top of the sponge cake if desired.
2. Place the cake back into the spring form pan, pour in pudding mixture.
3. Cool and keep in refrigerator before serving.
heheh i know i know you’d probably thinking ‘whats up with the strawberry? its durian pudding not strawberry..’ yeah i’ve used up all the durian and i have nothing to decorate it with so…
