Kuromai + Kuromame Cake

Posted by moon garden on 06/03/2013 · 10 Comments 

I know.

The title sounds really Japanese.

Guess what!?

This cake is super Japanese!

Kuromai + Kuromame Cake

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I was invited to a dinner party at my friend’s house the other day,

and I wanted to make some “wabi-sabi” dessert for her and her husband :-)

∗ wabi-sabi ← Please click here to know what is “wabi-sabi” ???

I decided to use “Kuromai / Kurogome” which means Black Rice in Japanese as one of the ingredients for my cake.

I ground Kuromai to use it for my sponge cake.

Look at this color!

It’s absolutely beautiful Fuji–iro (Wisteria) color!

Rice powder ( Flour ) makes your cake not only fluffy but also really moist / silky :-)

My Kuromai (Black Rice ) Powder Sponge Cake.

The texture was fantastic and it had a subtle of Rice flavor as well!

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Another Japanese ingredient for my “wabi-sabi” cake was sweet Kuromame ( Black Soy Bean ) simmered with brown sugar syrup.

This particular bean is actually very rich in anti-oxidants and iron!

It might look a little bit scary, but extremely healthy :-)

Rooibos Tea Cream and sweet Kuromame, layered with my Kuromai (Black Rice ) Sponge.

The Rooibos Tea Leaves I used for this cake were actually the gift from my friend who hosted this dinner party!

That tea leaves smell really good, so I wanted to use it for her dessert!

One of my friends looked at this photo and said “It looks like a traditional Japanese landscape garden!!! “

Exactly.

:-)

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