{"id":2470,"date":"2013-04-15T23:17:53","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T04:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/?p=2470"},"modified":"2013-04-15T23:17:53","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T04:17:53","slug":"durian-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/?p=2470","title":{"rendered":"Durian Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend we went to check out the other asian market in the same area where the korean market was located at . \u00a0At that asian market , i was thrilled because i found so many indonesian items , just like the store that we used to go back in Chicago , a whole aisle dedicated especially for indonesian food . Well , anyway , i also found durian , which i was really thrill to see . The last time i had durian was about 4 or 5 years ago , yes it&#8217;s been a long time .So i picked it up and bought it ..<\/p>\n<p>This morning , after letting the durian thawing out for a total of 1 day , i decided it&#8217;s time to try to open it . Back when i was living in indonesia , my mom always had the durian seller to slit open the durian , that way when we got home , she didn&#8217;t have to do too much of work opening it . In fact she used to have her wooden shoe \/ sandal , and kinda smash it open a little .. which worked great . So it was my turn today to open a fresh durian . No we didn&#8217;t have anybody to help me to slit open the bottom end . But i learned from internet ( you can learn basically everything from it ) , and watched the video and i finally tried it . I made a slit on the bottom and then cut along the lines and voila .. it&#8217;s open and i opened the rest with my hands .<\/p>\n<p>Both of my husband and my son don&#8217;t like durian , because of their pungent smell . I don&#8217;t know why they think kimchi smells better than durian , because to me , durian has sweet smell and not as pungent and stinky as durian is . I would def. take durian ten thousand times than kimchi . Don&#8217;t get me wrong , i still like kimchi .. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Anyway .. in order to get them to eat durian , i ended up making a cake out of it .. and turned out they like the cake . My husband claims that he still able to sense the after taste of the durian itself in the cake . But he can deal with it unlike the fresh fruit that he absolutely .. hate !!<\/p>\n<p>These pictures kinda show you how to open up durian<\/p>\n<p>Fresh Durian fruit , if you get it frozen from the store , thaw it out before trying to open it .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/durian.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2471\" alt=\"durian\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/durian-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/durian-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/durian.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Find the bottom of the fruit , then make slits with a very sharp knife<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/durian-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2473\" alt=\"durian 3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/durian-3-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/durian-3-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/durian-3.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now you see it&#8217;s almost open , use your hands to open it bigger and then you can remove all the meats from it .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/durian-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2474\" alt=\"durian 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/durian-2-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/durian-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/durian-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These are all the durian fruits , refrigerate , eating right away or make cake , ice cream etc .. whatever you like<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"durian 1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/durian-1-300x199.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Durian Cake\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/durian-cake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2475\" alt=\"durian cake\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/durian-cake-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/durian-cake-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/durian-cake.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients :<\/p>\n<p>About 200 grams of mashed durian fruit , seeds removed<\/p>\n<p>170 grams of unsalted butter , room temperature<\/p>\n<p>170 grams of self rising flour ( for every 1 cup of flour add 1 1\/4 tsp. of baking powder and 1\/2 tsp. salt )<\/p>\n<p>140 grams of sugar<\/p>\n<p>4 egg yolks<\/p>\n<p>4 egg whites<\/p>\n<p>1 tsp. vanilla extract<\/p>\n<p>1. In a mixing bowl , beat sugar and unsalted butter until very light and fluffy a bout 5 minutes .<\/p>\n<p>2. Sift the self rising flour . Set aside<\/p>\n<p>3. Add in the egg yolks one by one and beat well .<\/p>\n<p>4. Beat the egg whites separately , set aside .<\/p>\n<p>5. Add durian meat into egg yolk mixture with sugar and butter . Beat well .<\/p>\n<p>6. Add the beaten egg whites , and finally add the sifted flour and vanilla , beat well .<\/p>\n<p>7. Pour the batter into 8 by 8 square pan , and bake about 40-45 minutes at 350 F on parchment paper lined pan .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend we went to check out the other asian market in the same area where the korean market was located at . \u00a0At that asian market , i was thrilled because i found so many indonesian items , just like the store that we used to go back in Chicago , a whole aisle dedicated especially for indonesian food . Well , anyway , i also found durian , which i was really thrill to see . The last time i had durian was about 4 or 5 years ago , yes it&#8217;s been a long time .So i picked it up and bought it .. This morning , after letting the durian thawing out for a total of 1 day , i decided it&#8217;s time to try to open it . Back when i was living in indonesia , my mom always had the durian seller to slit open the durian , that way when we got home , she didn&#8217;t have to do too much of work opening it . In fact she used to have her wooden shoe \/ sandal , and kinda smash it open a little .. which worked great . So it was my turn today to open a fresh durian . No we didn&#8217;t have anybody to help me to slit open the bottom end . But i learned from internet ( you can learn basically everything from it ) , and watched the video and i finally tried it . I made a slit on the bottom and then cut along the lines and voila .. it&#8217;s open and i opened the rest with my hands . Both of my husband and my son don&#8217;t like durian , because of their pungent smell . I don&#8217;t know why they think kimchi smells better than durian , because to me , durian has sweet smell and not as pungent and stinky as durian is . I would def. take durian ten thousand times than kimchi . Don&#8217;t get me wrong , i still like kimchi .. \ud83d\ude42 Anyway .. in order to get them to eat durian , i ended up making a cake out of it .. and turned out they like the cake . My husband claims that he still able to sense the after taste of the durian itself in the cake . But he can deal with it unlike the fresh fruit that he absolutely .. hate !! These pictures kinda show you how to open up durian Fresh Durian fruit , if you get it frozen from the store , thaw it out before trying to open it . &nbsp; Find the bottom of the fruit , then make slits with a very sharp knife &nbsp; Now you see it&#8217;s almost open , use your hands to open it bigger and then you can remove all the meats from it . &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; These are all the durian fruits , refrigerate , eating right away or make cake , ice cream etc .. whatever you like Durian Cake\u00a0 &nbsp; Ingredients : About 200 grams of mashed durian fruit , seeds removed 170 grams of unsalted butter , room temperature 170 grams of self rising flour ( for every 1 cup of flour add 1 1\/4 tsp. of baking powder and 1\/2 tsp. salt ) 140 grams of sugar 4 egg yolks 4 egg whites 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1. In a mixing bowl , beat sugar and unsalted butter until very light and fluffy a bout 5 minutes . 2. Sift the self rising flour . Set aside 3. Add in the egg yolks one by one and beat well . 4. Beat the egg whites separately , set aside . 5. Add durian meat into egg yolk mixture with sugar and butter . Beat well . 6. Add the beaten egg whites , and finally add the sifted flour and vanilla , beat well . 7. Pour the batter into 8 by 8 square pan , and bake about 40-45 minutes at 350 F on parchment paper lined pan .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":2474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-desserts","category-desserts-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2470"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2476,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470\/revisions\/2476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}