Durian Cake

Title:
Durian Cake

Yield:
8 Servings

Categories:
Cakes,
Desserts,
Fruits,
Indonesian




Ingredients:





     1    Durian


     6 oz Butter (3/4 cup)


     5 oz Sugar  (2/3 cup)


     4    Egg; separated


     6 oz Flour (3/4 cup)






 Preheat oven to 350 F.


 


 Remove flesh from the durian and discard the seeds. Puree the flesh in a


 food processor.  Beat butter and sugar together until smooth, then beat in


 the egg yolks. Sift flour and beat it into the butter mixture. Beat in the


 durian pulp.


 


 Whip egg whites into stiff peaks and fold them into the mixture. Bake cake


 in a greased, 8" cake pan for 1 hour, or until cake is done when tested


 with a toothpick.


 


 Yield: 8 to 10 servings.


 


                          From "Exotic Fruits A-Z" by Josephine Baker.


 


 From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini