Comments on Thai Food by SheSimmers: Poppy Seed and Black Sesame Seed Cake

tytty - Now that's an idea! Black tahini is ve...

2011-03-30T23:16:50.158-05:00

tytty - Now that's an idea! Black tahini is very concentrated as well. All this talk got me curious, I may need to whip up a couple of batches just to put these ideas to the test. :)

I was thinking the same thing! there is also a Fr...

2011-03-30T23:10:09.435-05:00

I was thinking the same thing!

there is also a French blogger who made her black sesame cake with black tahini

tytty - Thanks for the report. :) For more intense...

2011-03-30T13:19:51.088-05:00

tytty - Thanks for the report. :) For more intense sesame flavor, you may want to try adding a few drops of sesame oil to the batter as opposed to adding more sesame seeds or toasting them longer. Sesame oil is very potent; a little goes a long way.

Thanks for the recipe Leela I made it last night....

2011-03-30T12:27:20.996-05:00

Thanks for the recipe Leela

I made it last night. I reduced the butter by a quarter, the sugar by half and only had 4 eggs, with the oddity of an hour of baking in the oven, it was still very moist and delicious. I have ground black sesame powder in the pantry which i toasted prior. Although the cake was purely sesame and no poppy, I still found I wanted a stronger sesame flavour. Perhaps toasting longer the next time?

Thanks again!

Jas Min - Definitely. You can replace almond meal ...

2010-06-29T07:43:42.026-05:00

Jas Min - Definitely. You can replace almond meal with the same amount of all-purpose flour. The texture of the cake will be different. It will be less moist, less decadent. But it will be lighter and fluffier.

Don't mix the flour with the soaked poppy seeds in step #2. Instead, add the flour to the butter-yolk mixture along with the seeds in step #5. Go easy on the mixing as we now have a gluten-containing ingredient. Over-mixing flour-based batter could result in tough, rubbery texture. This is just a caution. I wouldn't worry too much about it, though, as the aerated egg whites will help lighten up the batter.

Hi, I was actually looking for a sesame seed cake ...

2010-06-28T23:28:40.642-05:00

Hi, I was actually looking for a sesame seed cake recipe when I stumbled across yours. Much more intriguing in my opinion. A must try! However may I ask if I could replace the almond meal with flour as meal is abit hard to obtain from where I am.

Thank you :D

2010-05-07T03:08:01.011-05:00

Thank you :D

Anonymous - Oh, no, always feel free to ask questi...

2010-05-06T15:19:19.170-05:00

Anonymous - Oh, no, always feel free to ask questions. :)

The answer is no. I personally believe the smell of sesame oil will ruin, as opposed to enhance, the flavor and aroma of the cake. Besides, the texture of this cake is largely built on the almond meal and the seeds which rely on the leavening power of the aerated egg whites. Adding more fat to an already high-fat base (egg yolks, and butter) will make for a heavier burden for the aerated egg whites. (There's only so much the whites can "lift.") This could cause the cake to become dense, collapse, have a sunken middle, etc.

I know we're talking just a couple of teaspoons, but I still wouldn't do it.

Sorry for all the questions... But I was wondering...

2010-05-06T14:04:17.432-05:00

Sorry for all the questions... But I was wondering do you think a couple teaspoons of sesame oil would go well in the cake?

Anonymous - I was going to ask you which you were ...

2010-05-06T09:47:44.109-05:00

Anonymous - I was going to ask you which you were referring to: sesame or poppy. Then I realized it wouldn't matter. You don't need to toast either.

Do the seeds need to be toasted?

2010-05-06T05:28:06.104-05:00

Do the seeds need to be toasted?

Anonymous - Two hours. And, nope, no flour at all;...

2010-05-05T14:58:01.573-05:00

Anonymous - Two hours. And, nope, no flour at all; just almond meal.

how long do you soak the seeds for? ... wow is the...

2010-05-05T14:36:59.923-05:00

how long do you soak the seeds for?
... wow is there really no flour in the cake?

Just be careful if you're an ex-con. Poppy See...

2010-01-14T09:16:49.139-06:00

Just be careful if you're an ex-con. Poppy Seeds show up in urine samples as opiates!! I love them and this cake looks amazing, but for those that need to worry, stay away!

Anonymous - Oh, thnak you, thank you, thank you. I...

2009-08-16T18:45:27.079-05:00

Anonymous - Oh, thnak you, thank you, thank you. I've fixed the instructions. Hopefully, things are clearer now. My apologies. :)

Loved your peanut sauce so I thought I'd try t...

2009-08-16T16:15:27.699-05:00

Loved your peanut sauce so I thought I'd try this recipe. I like seeds! The instructions don't mention when to add the seed and almond meal mixture, but it looks from the pics that it goes into the yolk mixture before you fold in the egg whites. Any special instructions or just mix them in?

If you really want the poppy seed flavor, try the ...

2009-08-12T11:40:47.872-05:00

If you really want the poppy seed flavor, try the poppy seed strudels and cakes of Austria, Germany, Czech republic. They are basically a bit of dough wrapped around a giant pile of poppy seeds (maybe softened with some butter?). Isn't that more like what you are looking for?

Have you ever tried Makowiec or any other variety ...

2009-08-06T11:43:07.577-05:00

Have you ever tried Makowiec or any other variety of central european poppy seed cake? Instead of mixing the poppy seeds into the cake, you make a paste out of milk and rasins and orange zest and spices (and just about anything else you want) and then roll it up inside the dough. Once glazed and cut into slices it's so beautiful and tastes like Christmas (at least Christmas with my Polish family). Other central European recipes make good use of poppy seeds too! You should look them up!

I love poppy seeds on bread.reminds me of this ora...

2009-06-21T03:48:07.351-05:00

I love poppy seeds on bread.reminds me of this orange poppy seed loaf I was so crazy about!

Very beautiful! Love the plethora of poppy seeds!

2009-06-20T20:04:35.839-05:00

Very beautiful! Love the plethora of poppy seeds!

Mmmm...these look amazing. I love both anything w...

2009-06-20T14:35:22.980-05:00

Mmmm...these look amazing. I love both anything with black sesame or poopy seeds, so both together would be the ultimate!

Yum! I agree that poppy seed media are all too ra...

2009-06-20T10:06:02.924-05:00

Yum! I agree that poppy seed media are all too rare. I love black sesame seeds too and am excited to find another recipe to use them up. Thanks!

Thats lots of poppy seeds, the cake has come out s...

2009-06-20T03:29:25.669-05:00

Thats lots of poppy seeds, the cake has come out so good!

Very dramatic indeed :) I love crunching on the po...

2009-06-20T00:00:04.164-05:00

Very dramatic indeed :) I love crunching on the poppy seeds! (I hope it doesn't make me high or anything :P

I can almost taste how good this cake is. I love ...

2009-06-19T22:22:54.498-05:00

I can almost taste how good this cake is. I love the poppy seed, black sesame seed combo. I think you need to add a warning though, not to eat prior to a pre-employment drug test. I see potential problems. I know my brother had to take his test over due to a bothersome lemon poppyseed muffin.