Award-winning Sushi "Birthday Cake"!
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Instead of giving the usual cake for my son’s birthday celebration, I'd decided to go Japanese & make him a healthy sushi cake instead. So I let my imagination go wild, adding lots of colours & combining Jonathan’s favourite sushi ingredients to satisfy both his sight & appetite.
(I'm so happy that my Sushi "Birthday Cake" has emerged as one of the 5 top spots in a Foodies contest in the USA & has been featured as their Recipe of the Day as "amazingly innovative Sushi BirthDay Cake"!
1 cup Rice
1 cup water
Tezu: 1 tbsp of Mitsukan rice vinegar, ½ tsp of sugar & pinch of saltSushi Ingredients:
1 slice of Unagi (eel)
1 slice of smoked salmon
1 slice of omelette
1 slice of seaweed
1 piece of crabmeat (chopped & mixed with mayonnaise & spring onion)
2 tbsp of canned tuna
1 tbsp Ebiko (roe)[b]Method:[/b]
1) Your first step is to prepare your vinegar-water solution by mixing all Tezu ingredients in a small sauce pan. Dissolve over medium heat but don’t allow mixture to boil. Leave to cool.2) Wash rice several times till water runs clear. Let your rice strain for 30 minutes & transfer the rice to cooker or steamer. Add the measured water to cook.
3) Sprinkle vinegar mixture evenly over cooked rice while it’s hot & fold it with spatula. Do not stir as this will break the grains. Allow rice to cool.
4) Spread bamboo mat on a flat surface & put a sheet of nori (seaweed) on top of it.
5) Wet hands & place a small handful of sushi rice on top of seaweed & spread it out in a diagonal line. Add your favourite fillings & roll up the bamboo mat, pressing forward to shape the sushi. Remove the bamboo mat & cut evenly.
6) As I’m making a letter ‘J’, I’ve repeated step 5 but this time, without nori, to mould into the bottom part of the alphabet.7) Joined the 2 sushi rolls to form full letter & add ingredients to decorate according to your liking. Don't worry if the shape doesn't look as nice. The ingredients will cover the flaws later.
8) Transfer onto serving plate & sprinkle Furikake (dry Japanese condiment, usually sprinkled on rice). You may wanna transfer the alphabet before you form the letter if you're afraid to lose the shape.
9) Add the candle etc & there you go - your very own Sushi Birthday Cake!
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Looks special...
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Looks like a birthday cake for 1 person. how about the rest of my posse's?
Do they all get one each like that ?
Then again, i suppose u made it for ur son. lol
Exclusive 'cake'
Sure is different from your usual categories of 'cakes' .
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*wonders what curry cake will look like mmm... or Kimchi cake*
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just buy or make normal sushi and arrang it in that shape lor.....
from title I tot was like a huge sushi and taken as a cake.
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huh? that looks like a LJ! :lol Obscene picture.
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Talk about Sushi, has this sakae sushi prankster been caught?
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Lianamaster, I wanted to do something different this year :) Ya, I thot it's kinda special too. BadzMaro, it's actually pretty big. That's a hugh plate I was using. LOL! hisoka, if I were to buy straight from the shop & arrange, I guess there won't be any special meaning anymore. nightzip, depending on how u look at it :) ahtansh, I'm not aware of any prankster. care to enlighten?? Thank u all, for your comments! Good or bad, it sure meant a lot especially for new bloggers like myself :)
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hey swan, not trying to put you down with my remarks, just felt that it didn't feel that "sushi-y" because it looked like a chain of sushi arranged into a J. no offence.
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No worries, Hisoka, I'm open to comments...... I've been well-trained by the airline :) I'm not bothered at all. Afterall, the recipe being in the top 5 spots is good enough for me. Looking fwd to sharing.........Have a great long weekend!
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It looks very special of course!
But would it enough for everybody to eat?
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That's not a cake, its just a few pieces of sushi placed together to look like a letter J.
