Durian Chiffon Cake

Durian chiffon cake

My earliest memory of durian is to sit under the durian tree in our old house ... waiting for its fruits to fall. I can't remember my first taste of durian, but I fell in love with the taste of the creamy pulp when I was a child. 

D24 durian puree from Durian Culture
www.durianculture.com.sg

With half pack of D24 durian puree left from the making of Northern Thai dish, I've decided to make durian chiffon cake.

The rich durian flavor makes this a desirable cake. And the taste of durian lingers. With my mama's 10-inch chiffon pan, I've adjusted the recipe amounts accordingly.

Soy Milk Almond Chiffon Cake

How long has it been since my last bake? 3 months? Or 5 months? I can't remember. I was wrapped up into the busyness of work that I neglected baking. And, thankfully, I managed to sneak in a 11-day summer vacation in Taiwan. 

I gotta get back to the work-life balanced lifestyle. I miss late nights bakings. I started to browse through my favourite list of  bloggers' sites. I came upon Anncoo Journal's Soy Milk Almond Chiffon Cake and remembered the tin of almond powder I bought in Jiufen old street, Taiwan and the Cake Land's heart shaped chiffon pan.

This cake has the flavour of almond with some sprinklings of black sesame seeds. It is both light and fluffy with a moist and tender crumbs. My mama loved it! 











Soy Milk Almond Chiffon Cake

(Adapted from Anncoo Journal's Soy Milk Almond Chiffon Cake)

Ingredients: 

   (A)

   100g Plain flour

   2 tbsp almond powder 

   (B)

   5 Egg yolks 

   25g  Caster sugar

   (C)

   50g Canola oil
   100ml Soya milk with almond flavoured (red sugar)
   1 tbsp Black sesame seeds, toasted

    

    (D)

    5 Egg whites

    50g Caster sugar

Method:

• Sift in (A) plain flour and almond powder and mix well. 
• Mix (B) ingredients together in a large bowl, egg yolks and sugar, then add in (C) canola oil and soya milk. Then add in (A), flour mixture and mix well with a hand whisk. Fold in black sesame seeds. 
• Beat egg whites with low speed until you can see big bubbles. Gradually add in caster sugar and continue to beat until stiff peak at high medium speed. Change the mixer speed to lowest and continue to beat for 10 seconds. (this is to minimize the air bubbles in the cake)
• Gently fold 1/3 of the beaten egg white into egg yolk batter, use cut and fold method until well blended. Then pour the batter back to the rest of the egg white and fold until mixture is well blended.
• Pour batter evenly into the ungreased chiffon cake pan (a heart shape or 18cm round tube pan). Gently bang the pan on the table top to release air bubbles.
• Bake in pre-heated oven on lower rack, 160 degrees for 35-40 minutes.
• Remove from oven, invert cake onto table until completely cooled.