What does black sesame mochi donut taste like?

If you've never had black sesame flavored things, it has a unique nutty taste that is surprisingly good! It is one of my fav flavors ever. Other than black sesame seeds, the only unique ingredient in these donuts is sweet rice flour!

Why is it called sesame donuts?

"Sesame Donut in a nod to the owner's heritage , the signature doughnut is glazed, then dipped into toasted sesame seeds.

What does black sesame mochi taste like?

What does black sesame mochi taste like? Hakka mochi is lightly sweet . The mild mochi dough serves as a mostly neutral canvas for the sweet, nutty peanut powder and mild, earthy sesame powder, which are the dominant flavors. The texture after cooking is soft and melt-in-your-mouth.

Are mochi donuts healthy?

One of the main ingredients in our mochi donut is rice flour, making them a much healthier alternative than regular donuts . Therefore you can still achieve summer body when eating Mochinut! 😋😋

What is the forbidden donut?

Marge explains that he ate the entire wedding cake by himself… before the wedding. On the back Homer pledges his soul to Marge, and the jury finds that his soul is the property of Marge, not the devil's. The devil begrudgingly agrees, but instead of taking Homer's soul, he turns his head into a big donut .

What does the 🍩 mean?

It is commonly used to represent real and metaphorical doughnuts, breakfast, bakeries and baked foods, snacks, coffee breaks, The Simpsons, and negative stereotypes of police officers.

What is the old name for donuts?

But the doughnut proper (if that's the right word) supposedly came to Manhattan (then still New Amsterdam) under the unappetizing Dutch name of olykoeks--" oily cakes."

What does a mochi donut taste like?

Mochi donuts have a slightly sweet taste on their own. This hybrid between American doughnuts and Japanese mochi is tasted bouncy, slightly chewy with an airy texture in the center and a crisp outer shell. The secret of mochi donuts' unique mouthfeel is comes from tapioca starch.

What does black sesame taste like?

Shelled white sesame seeds have a sweet, nutty taste that is quite smooth. Black sesame seeds are far crunchier, so they provide quite a different texture. Also, the hull adds a bit of bitterness to the typical sesame taste. Black sesame flavor in desserts or boba tea tastes like black sesames seeds—but sweet.

What does black bean mochi taste like?

Heavenly. A bite of black sesame mochi is at first light and soft and nutty and crunchy, with undertones of complex smokiness . It is quickly followed by a contrast of dense, slightly sweet anko.

What does a mochi taste like?

On its own, mochi tastes like rice but has a sticky, stretchy, soft, and chewy texture. However, mochi is very versatile with endless flavor possibilities and is used in a number of different Japanese dishes. Different regions of Japan have different mochi specialties and mochi is also widely used in home cooking.

Totoro Black Sesame Donuts Recipe · i am a food blog (2024)

Totoro week continues with these black sesame Totoros! Be sure to check out Lyndsay’s Totoro cake tutorial and my Totoro apple pie pancakes!

Do you guys ever picture something coming out perfectly? Maybe this is a weird quirk of mine, but sometimes I’ll day dream about dishes. I’ll obsess over the ingredients, the way the finished product is going to look and how it’s going to taste. Usually, when I do this, it ends in disaster. Once, I invited my in-laws over for pizza. This was when I just started cooking and I wasn’t really too confident in the kitchen. I thought about the toppings, the dough, the logistics of baking off pizzas while they were over, how I set the table, everything.

Of course, on the day that we were supposed to have pizza, the oven wasn’t working properly. We went out for dinner. It was fine, but it wasn’t homemade pizza. Anyway, something similar happened with these doughnuts. I thought about them and thought about them for so long that when I finally made them, they didn’t look as Totoro as I wanted. I really, really wanted to use glaze-dipped almonds for ears, but the crumb was so tender (usually a good thing) that the almonds wouldn’t hold. I went through 3 doughnuts before I gave up. The only good thing about the broken doughnuts was the fact that I got tostresseat them.

I don’t even know why I cared so much about the almond ears. These Totoro doughnuts weren’t for a party or even someone else – they were just for me. Happily though, I think they kind of came out looking like earless Totoros. They aren’t as über-Totoro as I pictured them, butthey were delicious, mainly becauseI used my favourite Asian dessert ingredient, black sesame, to flavour these guys. If you haven’t had black sesame seeds, they’resimilar to regularwhite sesame, but with a slight taste difference. They’rea bitmore nutty, roast-y, and smoky.If you like peanut-y or nutty desserts, you’ll like black sesame!

Baked Black Sesame Donuts Recipe
makes 10 donuts
Donuts
1/4 cup toasted black sesame seeds
1 cup flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 large egg
1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons buttermilk
Glaze
1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
3-4 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
black food coloring
Place a rack in the upper third of your oven and preheat it to 350°F. Lightly grease or spray a non-stick 6 count doughnut pan.
With a mortar and pestle, grind the sesame seeds until slightly crushed. Whisk together the sesame seeds, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
In a small bowl, whisk the sugar, melted butter, egg, and buttermilk. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir until just combined. The batter will be quite thick. Spoon into a ziplock bag, cut off the corner and pipe into the donut wells. Bake for 11-12 minutes, until slightly brown and an inserted toothpick comes out dry. Let cool for 5 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack.
Make the glaze: Mix together all of the ingredients until smooth. If needed, adjust viscosity: add more powdered sugar (by the teaspoon) to make the glaze thicker and more milk (by the teaspoon) to make it thinner.
Spoon out two small bowls of glaze and set them aside. Tint one bowl black and leave the other white. You’ll use these for Totoro’s eyeballs, nose and whiskers.
Tint the remaining glaze grey. Dip the doughnuts to glaze and set glaze side up on a tray. Use a piping bag or ziplock back with the tip cut of and pipe on white eyeballs as well as body whiskers. Use the black glaze to put in the pupils, nose and face whiskers. Enjoy!

38 Comments

Belinda@themoonblushbaker says:
October 28, 2014 at 12:35 am
So Adorable! I full licensed fan of any black sesame baked good. The cute as icing is pushing this the over edge!
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1. steph says:
  October 28, 2014 at 10:40 am
  YES!! if i see black sesame, i’m there!
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Ellie says:
October 28, 2014 at 12:54 am
Oh my gosh, these are so so sweet. I love them! It sucks when you have such a strong idea in your head of what you want and it doesn’t go to plan. It can sometimes blind you to how well it still did go (and these are awesome).
I’ve had black sesame ice cream, which is totally delicious, but never used it myself
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1. steph says:
  October 28, 2014 at 10:40 am
  black sesame ice cream is SO good!
  and yes, i’m a little crazy with the ideas in my head lol!
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Milja says:
October 28, 2014 at 2:00 am
I think those are adorable! :)
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1. steph says:
  October 28, 2014 at 10:41 am
  thanks you milja! ♡♡♡
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Sonja says:
October 28, 2014 at 7:13 am
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Oh my gosh these make my heart melt! Black sesame and Totoro… the perfect combination! I love black sesame. I did a kind of crazy happy dance in public when I found black sesame soft serve at a huge Japanese market in New Jersey last weekend. I was just too excited to care :)
Okay, time to bite the bullet and purchase a donut pan!
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1. steph says:
  October 28, 2014 at 10:42 am
  lady, i would have been dancing right alongside with you!! sometimes i contemplate buying a soft serve machine so i can make matcha black sesame twists :)
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myriam / rhubarb! rhubarb! rhubarb! says:
October 28, 2014 at 8:24 am
oh but these are so cute! i totally didn’t notice the ear-less-ness until you pointed it out. ps. what is that font on your totoro logo? it’s utter cuteness.
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1. steph says:
  October 28, 2014 at 10:42 am
  thanks myriam!! i drew the totoro font it in illustrator :D
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Sophie says:
October 28, 2014 at 9:13 am
So cute! Love black sesame, nutty and delightful!
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1. steph says:
  October 28, 2014 at 10:43 am
  yes, nutty and delightful!!! i want to spread the black sesame love :)
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Karishma says:
October 28, 2014 at 9:20 am
This is soo cute. Love the black sesame idea!!
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1. steph says:
  October 28, 2014 at 10:43 am
  thank you karishma!!! ♡♡♡
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Michelle @ Hummingbird High says:
October 28, 2014 at 9:22 am
This. is. AMAZING.
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1. steph says:
  October 28, 2014 at 10:44 am
  *blush* thanks michelle :)
  xoxo
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cynthia says:
October 28, 2014 at 11:23 am
Awww, poor little ears!! I know exactly how you feel with expectations v. my eventual realities, but I didn’t even notice little Totoro was missing anything until I read the post! These are GORGEOUS (and ummmm you know I love me some black sesame — YES) I’ll have to make these ASAP, ears or no ears!
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Erika says:
October 28, 2014 at 11:46 am
OMG BLACK SESAME DOUGHNUTS. I MUST BE DREAMING. <333
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Jennifer @ Show Me the Yummy says:
October 28, 2014 at 12:09 pm
What a great idea using black sesame seeds! I would have never thought of that!
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Millie l Add A Little says:
October 28, 2014 at 1:00 pm
I can’t get over how cute these are Stephanie! I love totoro and these are the ultimate fangirl recipe!
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lyndsay // coco cake land says:
October 28, 2014 at 1:35 pm
i love that you are obsessive as me when it comes to “planning”! and i also have had many times where the outcome is SOOO not as i expected but i come to love it anyway!!! TOTORO black sesame d-nuts ! you rascal! i showed this to teddy and he started giggling hysterically screaming “TO-TO-TO!” love these adorable donuts so much, steph! xoxo
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Graham @ Glazed & Confused says:
October 28, 2014 at 2:24 pm
Black sesame everything please. Seriously. so. good.
Plus, anything this damn cute is amazing.
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KY says:
October 28, 2014 at 2:40 pm
Thanks for the recipe! Black sesame desserts are so delicious-my favorite is black sesame sweet soup.
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Tieghan says:
October 28, 2014 at 8:32 pm
Cutest donuts ever!!
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Sabrina Modelle says:
October 28, 2014 at 9:57 pm
Oh my goodness! These are ridiculously cute.
I love black seasame- if you’ve never had black sesame ice cream, I so highly suggest making some. The flavors on this donut sound amazing. Saving!
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Alana says:
October 29, 2014 at 11:49 am
Um, black sesame everything. For real. I used to hate the flavor of sesame seeds and now I can’t get enough of it. Go figure. As for these totoro donuts–don’t hate me but I wouldn’t have even realized he should have had ears. So in my eyes, these are perfect!!
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Gaby says:
October 29, 2014 at 12:05 pm
So cute!!! Love this idea!!
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Love CompassionateLee says:
October 29, 2014 at 11:30 pm
These donuts look amazing. The grey glaze makes me happy :)
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Amanda Vuu says:
October 30, 2014 at 6:31 am
omgggg. if totoro was a flavor, he totally would be black sesame seed!!!
i am really really really in love.
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Nate says:
October 30, 2014 at 4:24 pm
Shouldn’t that be “Totorial”?
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Diep says:
November 6, 2014 at 8:05 am
Hey! Does the glaze become dry? I`d like to make some donut for my friends but I scare the wet glaze will make the box dirty :(
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1. steph says:
  November 6, 2014 at 8:46 am
  After a while the glaze will dry, but if you poke at it, it will crack, so be careful while putting the donuts in the box. Hope that helps!
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Anthea says:
December 13, 2014 at 5:50 pm
Can I use this recipe in a cupcake format? Anything different in the cooking process that needs to be changed ie: baking time or temperature?
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1. steph says:
  December 13, 2014 at 6:10 pm
  i haven’t tried them as cupcakes – but my thoughts are that the batter won’t do as well as a cupcake. it’s a pretty stiff batter compared to cupcake batter (which is much, much more moist).
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Totoro Black Sesame Donuts Recipe · i am a food blog (2024)

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