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So, I’m kick-starting my bakes with this durian Indonesian layer cake (durian lapis or kek lapis durian) – a twist on a conventional favorite that may please these of you who’re durian lovers. In the event you want conventional layer desserts, you possibly can take a look at this recipe for Kueh Lapis Batavia.

Now, I do know that when most of us (at lease in my circle of associates) usually consider baking a home-made lapis cake, it’s not exhausting to see how daunted or discouraged we are able to really feel after we realise how tedious and lengthy the method will be. Let’s face it – you’ll want about half-hour to prep your elements and make the cake batter, after which, there’s the typical 8 to 10 minutes wait to grill every layer, which may work out to virtually 2 hours for a 12-layer cake. After which, there’s all that point in between – the pricking, urgent, and spreading. So, you possibly can anticipate a great 3 hours, most of it spent hovering by the oven, by the point it’s all good and achieved. Is it actually price it? For my part – a hundred percent, completely!

Only a few issues to notice when making any Indonesian layer or lapis cake:

You’ll be able to obtain distinct and superbly mocha-coloured layer strains, provided that you brown the tops sufficiently to a deep or darkishgolden brown (observe the emphasis on darkish, of us), simply don’t find yourself burning the tops. And in relation to deciding what number of layers, all of it relies on the quantity of batter, and the scale of your cake pan. Although, you’d absolutely impress when you’ve received many, many layers, and as skinny as attainable. It takes some ability and cautious watching to get the layers very skinny, and browned, with out over-baking or burning them underneath a grill. I’m not too bold, and am completely satisfied to purpose for 10 to 12 layers.

And one thing else I’ve picked up on from fellow meals bloggers, it helps (lots!) to make use of a fondant or lapis press to firmly ‘seal’ or press down every baked layer onto the one under it, earlier than including batter for a brand new layer. Pricking and urgent the layers will assist get rid of the likelihood of gaps or air pockets showing in between layers. This provides you with a good and tidy cross-sectional sample when sliced.

Don’t have a fondant or lapis press? No worries, I don’t both, and I ended up utilizing a reasonably heavy glass container (just like the air-tight Lock&Lock ones) as a weight. In the event you’re utilizing glass weights, do watch out although – press evenly and simply briefly for 2-3 seconds in anybody explicit space, wipe the bottom dry of steam or condensation with a clear paper towel (or else the browned prime might find yourself sticking to your glass base, and we are able to’t have that occur, can we?), earlier than urgent the burden onto the subsequent space.

By the way in which, I get my provide of frozen durian puree from Ah Seng Durian situated in Ghim Moh Momentary Market (you possibly can take a look at their Fb web page right here). I often divide the puree into 150 to 200 gm parts, that are roughly the quantities which can be referred to as for in recipes utilizing durian puree, and bag these in freezer luggage. Frozen durian puree are good for as much as 6 months, so I feel you’ll have a lot of time and alternatives to make use of them in your future bakes.

So, I actually hope you’ll have a go at it – it is a very easy cake to bake (have a great good friend come over that will help you – you’d be shocked how keen associates will be to see you torture your self). However, the actual deal is that when you’ve turned out a very good lapis cake based mostly on a tried and examined recipe like this one right here, you’ll surprise why you didn’t make home-made lapis desserts sooner! So…, let the feasting start!

Elements

• 150g shelled entire eggs
• 250g egg yolks
• 250g caster sugar
• 1tbsp sponge gel/ovalette
• 100g self-raising flour, sifted
• 1tsp blended spice
• 150g durian puree, at room temperature
• 250g butter, at room temperature
• 2tbsp condensed milk

Servings: 8-inch sq. cake

Directions

1. Press durian puree by a sieve with the again of a metallic spoon, scraping the underside of the sieve to acquire a high-quality puree.

2. In an electrical mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat butter and condensed milk on medium velocity (velocity 3 on my Kitchen Support mixer) till mild and fluffy, about 10 minutes. Put aside.

3. Nonetheless utilizing the electrical mixer, now fitted with a whisk attachment, whisk entire eggs, egg yolks, sugar and sponge gel (ovalette) in a cleaned mixer bowl on excessive velocity (velocity 4 to five) till combination is thick and fluffy, about 6 to eight minutes. Put aside.

4. Mix sifted flour and blended spice in a bowl. Add to the egg combination and whisk at medium velocity (velocity 3) till nicely integrated.

5. Cut back mixer velocity to low (velocity 2), and add butter combination in 3 batches, beating nicely after every addition till nicely mixed. Add in durian puree and beat till nicely mixed.

6. Pre-heat the oven to 200 deg C (390 deg F). Set the oven rack within the backside third of the oven. Grease and line the bottom of an 8-inch sq. cake pan. When oven temperature reaches 200 deg C, place the cake pan within the oven and warmth for two minutes.

7. Set the oven to GRILL mode. Unfold 4 – 5 tablespoons of batter evenly over the bottom of the pan, and to all corners of the pan. Use the again of a metallic spoon to stage the floor. Grill till the layer is cooked and browned to a deep golden brown color (learn Recipe Notes under).

8. Take away cake pan from the oven. Utilizing a metallic fork, prick holes within the cooked layer, and press down evenly on the whole floor with a fondant or lapis press (learn Recipe Notes under).

9. Proceed to unfold 4 – 5 tablespoons of batter for the subsequent layer, and stage evenly with the again of a metallic spoon. Grill till cooked and deeply browned, prick holes and press to ‘seal’ the layers as earlier than. Repeat course of till all of the batter is used up. Warning: Baking time will shorten because the cake will increase in peak, because the layers get nearer to the highest heating aspect in grill mode.

10. When the final layer has cooked, change from grill mode to bake mode at 180 deg C (prime and backside warmth), and bake the cake for an additional 10 minutes, earlier than eradicating from the oven.

11. Take away cake pan from oven, set it on a rack to chill for five to 10 minutes. If you need deep, lined impressions on the highest of the cake, place a grid-wired cooling rack (with the legs or toes pointing up) on the highest of the cake pan, aligning the strains of the grid with the perimeters of the cake pan. Then holding the cake pan and rack tightly collectively, flip over the cake pan and rack, in order that the underside of the cake pan is now dealing with up. Take away the cake pan, and let the cake utterly cool on the rack. Flip the cake over once more when utterly cooled, and slice as desired.

Recipe Notes

#1. To attain distinct and superbly mocha-coloured layer strains, you have to to brown the tops sufficiently to a deep or darkish golden brown (observe the emphasis on darkish, of us), simply don’t find yourself burning the tops. And in relation to deciding what number of layers, all of it relies on the quantity of batter and dimension of your cake pan

#2. In the event you don’t have a fondant or lapis press, you should utilize a reasonably heavy glass container (just like the air-tight Lock&Lock ones) as a weight. When utilizing glass weights, do watch out – press evenly and simply briefly for 2-3 seconds in anybody explicit space, wipe the bottom dry of steam or condensation with a clear paper towel, to keep away from the browned prime sticking to the glass base, earlier than urgent the burden onto the subsequent space.

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