Black sesame & sour cherry gateau
Emily Gussin’s Borough Market recipe for a dark, nutty twist on a classic cake, flavoured with black sesame seeds and sour cherry powder
- Time: 145 min
Source: Borough Market
Ingredients
- For the gateau
- black sesame seeds
- sunflower oil, plus 1 tbsp
- unsalted butter, plus extra to grease
- self-raising flour
- golden caster sugar
- light brown soft sugar
- bicarbonate of soda
- fine salt
- medium eggs
- golden syrup
- soured cream
- For the sesame brittle
- white sesame seeds
- For the meringue buttercream
- medium egg whites , at room temperature
- unsalted butter, cubed, at room temperature
- sour cherry powder
- cherry brandy or liqueur
- For the filling
- double cream
- cherry jam