photo by Aunty Yochana I’ve been posting cake recipes for a while now. This is the last one before I post the Ultimate Durian Cake Post on Sunday. Stay tuned! Chiffon cake is all the rage in Southeast Asia. Seriously, while many of us Americans have only a vague notion of this cake (which happens […]
Durian Desserts
Durian Chocolate Seduction and Durian Truffles Recipe
Durian is, in my opinion, the milk-chocolate of the fruit world. It’s got that deep earthy, bitter roundness of flavor along with a cloying sweetness and creamy melt-in-your-mouth smoothness. It’s so good, many people even say it’s even better than chocolate, cheese, wine, or crack-cocaine (okay, I only know a few people who say that). […]
Recipe: Durian Steam Cake (Durian Nian Goa)
Happy Chinese New Year! This time last year, Rob and I were sweating in the pollution-induced haze of Medan, Sumatra watching New Years fireworks crackle over the wild assortment of rusted tin roofs. We had been in Indonesia only two weeks, and in a bewilderment of culture shock we wondered with excitement and some trepidation […]
Recipe: Durian Yogurt Cake
photo by shesimmer.com This is the second cake recipe post gearing up for the Ultimate Durian Cake post later next week, in which I’ll also share some unusual durian-themed decorations and the best places to buy durian cake in case you’re too lazy to make one yourself. Durian pulp has always reminded me of yogurt […]
Recipe: Durian Butter Cake
picture from graciekitchencorner For the next week or so I’ll be posting durian cake recipes, gearing up for the Ultimate Durian Cake post, in which I’ll also share some unusual durian-themed decorations and the best places to buy durian cake in case you’re too lazy to make one yourself. I am not exactly an expert […]
Recipe: Durian Chocolate Mousse Cake, Raw Vegan Style
picture coutesy of Sunny Raw Kitchen Edit: This recipe was brought to my attention again when I received an email from Joz, a friend of Carmella’s who helped create this masterpiece and who lives in my hometown in Oregon. She saw an article about us in our local paper, The Mail Tribune, and sent me […]
Durian Donuts
We thought we were crazy to travel the world for durian. Some people travel for donuts. I’m not kidding, Homer Simpson has a real life best friend in Larissa and Michael of www.changesinlongitude.com. These guys have tried almost every kind of donut there is, including a charcoal filled donut that they describe as “truly nasty.” […]
Durian Pastillas
Evaporated milk is all the rage in the Philippines. It’s the favored sweetener, and poured atop most desserts from halo-halo to the morning serving of tahu. Pastillas, or candied milk, may be the epitome of the Filipino penchant for sweetened milk. It’s essentially milk mixed with sugar and flavorings and boiled to form a thick caramel, […]
Recipe: Durian Halo Halo
Halo-halo is a Filipino iced dessert that may seem like an odd hodgepodge of random foods to western palates. A basic halo-halo is shaved ice and evaporated milk with any of the following toppings: garbanzo beans, kidney beans, gummy candy, fruits, sweet potato, and coconut. It’s a bit like the Malaysian iced cendol, but without […]
Recipes: Durian Jello (Rau Cau Sau Rieng)
I first came across Rau Cau in Dak Mil, a small town in Vietnam’s Central Highlands. We’d been asked out to a cup of coffee with a friendly local after spending the day visiting his durian and coffee plantation. I was really thirsty and hot, so I ordered a coconut instead. When my coconut […]
Recipe: Durian Cream Puff
Sophisticated yet funky, the Durian Cream Puff is a wild Asian twist on a prim English dessert. No wonder they’re such a hit in Singapore, the high-tech cultural melting pot with a taste for weird architecture and weirder fruit. Apparently, the durian cream puffs are even more popular than eating whole durian, and for the […]
Chef Wan’s Durian Delight Cheesecake
Chef Wan is a popular television personality in Malaysia. Squeaky, enthusiastic, and bossy, he has risen to stardom . His shows are not only educational, they’re hilarious. He was featured on Anthony Bourdain’s tour of Kuala Lumpur’s Chow kit Market. I loved watching this clip, partly because of Chef Wan’s antics and funny faces, but […]
