Black sesame seeds are the star ingredient in this recipe.
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 200kcal
Ingredients
Black Sesame Paste
- 10 tbsp black sesame seeds
- 3 tbsp honey
Matcha Glaze
- 150 g white chocolate
- 1 tsp matcha
- 50 g butter
Cakes
- 100 g black sesame paste
- 100 g plain yogurt
- 80 g sugar
- 2 eggs
- 160 g wheat flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 teaspoon activated charcoal
Instructions
Black Sesame Paste
- Blend the ingredients until smooth.
Cakes
- Preheat your oven to 180°C.
- In a bowl, add the ingredients one at a time in the order listed above, mixing well.
- Butter and flour the ring molds. Set them on a baking sheet lined with parchment. Divide the batter evenly among the molds.
- Bake for about 20 minutes, checking doneness with a knife.
- Unmold and let cool. Trim the tops of the cakes so the surfaces are flat.
Glaze
- Melt the white chocolate and butter in a bain-marie (double boiler). When almost melted, add the matcha and whisk until smooth.
- Glaze the tops of the cakes and let set.
Nutrition
Calories: 200kcal
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Made these black sesame cakes with matcha glaze for a family birthday dinner last weekend, and they looked so elegant on the dessert table. Everyone loved the nutty sesame flavor with the sweet matcha topping, and a couple of relatives went back for seconds 😊
Made these in muffin tins and baked them for about 17 minutes instead of 20, and they came out perfectly moist with crisp little edges. Also swapped the honey in the sesame paste for maple syrup since that’s what I had, and the flavor was still amazing 😊
Made these for dessert and the black sesame flavor with that matcha glaze tasted as good as, honestly better than, the version from my favorite Japanese cafe; the texture came out so tender and the glaze set perfectly 😊
Wasn’t sure about adding activated charcoal to a cake and worried it would taste earthy, but it actually made the crumb so tender and let the black sesame shine; the matcha white chocolate glaze ties everything together beautifully 😌