Miyagi Ganzuki
Quick answer
- Total time
- 50 min
- Level
- Easy
- Servings
- 8 servings
- Ingredients
- 5
About this dish
Brown sugar water turns this steamed cake dark all the way through, and toasted black sesame covers the top.
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With baking powder instead of a slow rise, farm households in Miyagi could steam one quickly as a snack for children or a break during field work. One explanation says the dark, fluffy cake reminded people of wild-goose meat, and the brown version is also called kuro-ganzuki.
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1
Stir 180ml water and 100g brown sugar over low heat for 3 minutes until dissolved, then cool 20 minutes.
Line a 21cm loaf pan.
- 2
Sift 200g flour with 1 tablespoon baking powder twice.
Add cooled sugar liquid and fold 20 to 25 times, only until dry flour disappears.
- 3
Pour into the pan, drop it twice from 5cm to release large bubbles, and scatter 15g black sesame evenly.
- 4
Steam over strong steam for 30 to 35 minutes.
When a skewer is clean and the center springs back, cool 20 minutes and cut into 8.
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- 일본 농림수산성 うちの郷土料理
Checked: 2026-08-11
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