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Black Sesame Crumb Cake Recipe:

8 to 12 servings

Ingredients

Crumb Topping

  • 1 1/4 Cups Coconut Sugar - packed
  • 3/4 Cup + 2 Tablespoons 1 3/4 sticks Butter
  • 3/4 Cup Millet Flour
  • 3/4 Cup White Rice Flour
  • 1/2 Cup Oat Flour
  • 1/4 Cup Ground Black Sesame Seeds
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 1/4 Teaspoon Sea Salt

Cake

  • Dry Ingredients
  • 3/4 Cup White Rice Flour
  • 3/4 Cup Oat Flour
  • 1/2 Cup Millet Flour
  • 1/4 Cup Ground Black Sesame Seeds
  • 1/4 Cup Tapioca Flour
  • 3/4 Teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Sea Salt

Wet Ingredients

  • 2 Chia Eggs - 2 tablespoons ground chia seeds whisked with 5 tablespoons water
  • 3/4 Cup 1 1/2 sticks Butter - room temperature
  • 1 1/3 Cups Coconut Sugar
  • 4 oz. 1/2 Cup Creme Fraiche
  • 1 Teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 2 Teaspoons Apple Cider Vinegar

Instructions

To start

  1. Grease your 9 1/2 inch springform pan with butter then line with parchment paper.
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Sesame Seeds/Chia Seeds

  1. Add the seeds to the bowl of a food processor or coffee grinder.
  2. Pulse the seeds in a food processor until finely ground. Set aside.
  3. Do the same with the chia seeds.

Crumb Topping

  1. in a small sauce-pan, melt the butter on medium-low.
  2. While butter is melting, in a medium bowl, mix together the flours, sugar, sesame seeds and salt.
  3. When the butter is melted, add it to the flour and toss with a fork until moist clumps form. Set aside.

Cake

  1. In a large bowl, add the flours, sesame powder, tapioca flour, baking soda and salt.
  2. Whisk together really well. Set aside.
  3. In a small bowl, add the 5 tablespoons of water and quickly whisk in the 2 tablespoons of ground chia seeds until it becomes gelatinous and then set aside.
  4. In a food processor, cream the butter and sugar together well and then add the apple cider vinegar and vanilla.
  5. Add the chia egg to the butter and pulse until just incorporated.
  6. Next, add the creme fraiche and mix in.
  7. Add the flour in two stages and roughly mix then dump into the large bowl that the flour was in and mix with a wooden spoon or your hands.
  8. Add half of the cake batter into the prepared springform pan and spread evenly.
  9. Sprinkle 1/3 of the crumb topping evenly on top of the batter then plop spoonfuls of batter around the top of the crumbs and very carefully spread the batter over the crumbs.
  10. You need a little bit of patience but don't worry it will come together.
  11. Put the cake onto a cookie sheet and place into the preheated oven on the middle rack in the middle of the oven.
  12. Bake for 60 minutes.
  13. Carefully remove from oven and place on a cooling rack.
  14. Let it cool completely.
  15. The cake will still be cooking as it cools.