3D durian cake
Malaysian baker fooling fruit lovers
Songket Artisan Bakery company together with his wife Helen Wong. The couple specialises in making surprisingly realistic 3D cakes, and they have been stirring up a lot of attention for their very convincing 'durian' cake.
Their durian cake looks so much like the real deal that they were even denied entry into a hotel when making a delivery run. The security personnel thought that they were trying to sneak the prohibited item into the premises.
The cake is covered entirely with fresh cream, patiently piped in different shades to create the uneven and pointy tips. It is then airbrushed over to create layers of colours to mimic the shades of a durian.
They source for the durians from farms all over Malaysia, but especially from Raub, Pahang. They have a special machine that separates the flesh from the fruit, which allows them to store the durian flesh in a refrigerator. This ensures they have ample supply of durian for all their orders, even during the off-season. Currently, they only use D24 and Musang King durians.
“The whole durian cake is made with D24 durians, and the open-faced ones are with Musang King,” stresses Yap. And that’s that. “If we give too many options, it would become too difficult for us to fulfill the orders. Right now, we have the process and amount of ingredients down pat for these two varietals. Any change would affect the end product,” says Yap.
Besides the durian cakes, Songket Artisan Bakery also makes super realistic Coconut Cake (RM238) with fresh coconut. “We have friends who don’t eat durian and we wanted something special for them too. So, we created the coconut cake,” says Yap.
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