Durian Durian Cake

I had some durian cream left from making the durian puffs on Sunday so I decided to use them to make a small Durian Cake on Monday. It was similar to the one I did for Jerome's birthday last year but I think it looks better now :P And what do you call a durian cake that looks like a durian? A Durian Durian Cake?

Durian Durian Cake

To assemble the cake (serves 4-6):

1) Bake 2 small heart-shaped sponge cake, using only 2 eggs. (The tins are from Daiso). 

2) Cool the cakes.

3) Sandwich the cakes with a layer of durian cream (durian puree & whipped cream mixture) and chunks of durians flesh. 

4) Cover the entire cake with butter cream and chill.

5) Pipe lines on the edge of the cake and the middle to create the 'inner skin' of the durian.

6) Mix some green butter cream and pipe the thorns on the sides of the cake using a star nozzle. 

7) Pipe the durian cream onto the top of the cake to resemble the durian flesh.

8) The cake is best enjoyed chilled. :)

Durian Puffs

Made some durian puffs last Sunday morning for a family gathering for tea break. Tried to make the puffs on Friday just to make sure they worked out.

Durian paste oozing out from the puff...

Best served chilled... Can't seem to have enough...

Choux Pastry Recipe

For Durian Cream:

Just remove the flesh from a few durians and blend them with a food processor. 

Whipped up some fresh cream and mix a little at a time with the durian puree. 

Taste and add more fresh whipped cream as needed.
(You should have more durian than whipped cream!)

Fill the durian cream into a pastry bag fitted with a round nozzle and pipe the filling into the puffs.

And there you have your durian puffs!

Easy? Yes, it was! :)

I had some durian cream left over, so I'm going to make another Durian Durian cake!