Sesame Paste Cold Cake Roll
A soft, sticky, sweet cold cake with rich sesame flavor, made by rolling glutinous rice around a red bean paste filling.
Ingredients
Glutinous rice (washed)
500 g
Red bean paste
250 g
Sesame paste
150 g
Hawthorn cake (diced for garnish)
150 g
Water
750 g
Instructions
1
Making the Glutinous Rice Dough
Wash the glutinous rice and place it in a bowl. Add water and steam over high heat until cooked. Remove and use a rolling pin to mix into a glutinous rice dough. Let cool and set aside.
2
Shaping and Decorating
Sprinkle sesame paste over a cutting board. Place the cooled glutinous rice dough on top of the sesame paste and roll it out into a rectangular sheet. Spread a layer of red bean paste over the sheet, roll it up into a ruyi (auspicious) roll shape, cut into pieces, and garnish with diced hawthorn cake.