Black Sesame Thai Tea Cake
Ruiqi created this dish for Great American Baking Show ™ Season 4. A towering vertical layer cake of black sesame sponge rolled around Thai tea Swiss meringue buttercream, crowned with sesame caramel shards and finished with an asymmetric dark chocolate drip. The judges found the Thai tea flavour luxurious and creamy, and the bake earned a Hollywood Handshake on the season's opening Signature.
- Time: 235 min
Source: Relaxed Recipes
Ingredients
- FOR THE BLACK SESAME SPONGE
- large eggs, room temperature, separated
- caster sugar
- neutral oil
- black sesame paste
- vanilla extract
- all-purpose flour, sifted
- black sesame powder, finely ground
- salt
- FOR THE THAI TEA SWISS MERINGUE BUTTERCREAM
- heavy cream
- Thai tea leaves
- large egg whites , room temperature
- granulated sugar
- unsalted butter, softened and cubed
- FOR THE SESAME CARAMEL SHARDS
- water
- black & white sesame seeds, toasted
- FOR THE DARK CHOCOLATE DRIP
- dark chocolate , finely chopped