Black Sesame & Matcha Swirl Cake

Black Sesame & Matcha Swirl Cake

Cooking is therapeutic for me. I like the sounds, the smells, the transformation...oh, and I really like watching people eat the foods I make. I’ve been stressed lately so I’ve found myself tinkering away in the kitchen a lot. Lots of good stuff, but nothing very inspiring. I needed a challenge.

Baking has always been a challenge for me, but this past week, I had a quiet Sunday and the weather was gloomy - perfect day to fill the home with smells of cookies and cakes. My first attempt was a roll cake. I think I aimed too high, it was a failure. Next, was butterscotch cookies, I still have no idea how it ended up so salty. And then there was this beauty, Black Sesame & Matcha Swirl Cake. It turned out delicious and the swirl was perfect.

I love black sesame but have always been on the fence about matcha. Matcha tastes too much like the smell of freshly mowed grass. But, when you put the two together? Heaven. Rich nuttiness (black sesame) with a hint of something that just tastes healthy (matcha). Hope you give this a try and savor that wonderful black and green swirl upon first slice.

Ingredients:

4 eggs
½ cup of oil
1 cup of sugar
½ cup of milk
1 tsp of vanilla
1 ¾ cups of flour
1 ½ tsp of baking powder
Pinch of salt
2 tablespoons of matcha powder
2 tablespoons of black sesame paste

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F/175°C.

2. In a large mixing bowl, combine eggs, oil, sugar, milk and vanilla.

3. Sift flour, baking powder and salt into the large mixing bowl. Stir until combined.

4. Divide the batter into two separate bowls.

5. In one bowl, stir in the matcha powder. In the other, stir in the black sesame paste.

6. Pour some of matcha batter into your loaf pan, then pour some of the black sesame batter.
Alternate until all of the batter is gone.

7. With a butter knife, spoon or fork, swirl the batter.

8. Bake for 45-55 minutes. Every oven is calibrated differently, check for doneness with the toothpick test.

9. Remove from loaf pan and let cool on wire rack.

10. Enjoy!

Notes:

This is a dense cake, goes great with a cup of hot tea.

Feel free to adjust the amount of black sesame paste and matcha powder.

Try not to overmix the batter, it will make the cake gummy.

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[lBIGMOMMA]

I love your channel so much. These videos are so calming and beautifully done.

[juneseongmin]

If I use black sesame powder how much would I need to use ya ?

[victoriae]

I made this yesterday, but only did half the recipe for matcha only. Lightly sweet and fragrant, but was a bit more dense than I would've expected from a cake. Mine came out more of a muffin-consistency. Maybe I'll try beating my eggs more next time and using cake flour to make it more fluffy.

[peneleapai]

Any chance for a vegan version of this divine sounding recipe? 🙂

[chinese]

Looks great but sounds like it's rock hard