Steamed Durian Cake (蒸榴莲蛋糕)

Yes I know it is durian again, I might drive those durian haters crazy but yeah when it is the season you can smell durian everywhere. I made the durian ice cream the other day and people keep sending some free durians. We could not really finish all and my mother kept nagging there were two left in the kitchen. She said "go make some more ice cream or we will have to chuck them away which is a waste!". Although the ice cream was ace but we have had it enough so I tried to google some recipes for durians. 

Eventually I found this steamed pumpkin cake recipe which I think might work for durian as well! I modified the recipe a little and it turned out really nice. Not as strong flavour as the ice cream but it's really soft and yum. If you have bought some low quality durian or you have extra durians at home like me, you can make this. It is fairly easy and you can actually get the ingredients so handy!

Ingredients: (12inch baking tin)

5 Eggs

300g Castor Sugar

1tsp Salt

500g Durian paste (durian seeded and mashed with fork and spoon or blended in a processor)

200ml Whole milk

250g Vegetable oil

500g Plain flour

4tsp Baking Powder

1tsp Bicarbonate Soda

Steps:

1. In a large mixing bowl, add eggs, sugar and salt and whisk to mix everything together. When the mixture becomes thicken, add in durian paste and milk. Mix well.

2. Add vegetable oil into the mixture and whisk until incorporate. 

3. Sift all the dried ingredients (flour, baking powder and soda) into the mixture and whisk until everything combined. Use a spatula to stir and fold everything together (in case some ingredients are stuck at the sides or bottom).

4. Line the baking tin with baking paper or lightly oil the surfaces. Pour the batter into the mould and even the surface with spatula.

5. Send the cake into a steamer or a wok with boiling water. Steam the cake for about 50 minutes at high heat. Do not open the lid for checking until at least 40 minutes steaming. Therefore please make sure the water level is enough for the long steaming time. 

6. Check if the cake is cooked using toothpick or skewer to pierce into the centre of the cake. If the skewer comes out clean then the cake is cooked. Remove the cake from the steamer and let it cool for at least 10 minutes before serving.