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Sushi Cake お寿司のケーキ
5 from 6 votes

Sushi Cake お寿司のケーキ

This sushi cake is a great dish to add a fun Japanese twist to any occasion! It is an eye-catching, unique, and delicious party food!

Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
40 mins
Servings: 1 sushi
Calories: 903 kcal
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Japanese

Ingredients

Sushi Rice
  • 1 cup rice 1, uncooked
  • 220 ml water (3/4 cup + 2 tbsp + 2 tsp)
  • 1 Kelp small strip, aka kombu
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp rice vinegar
Kinshi Tamago
  • 1 egg
  • a pinch salt
  • 1 tsp mirin
  • 1 tsp vegetable oil
other decorative ingredients
  • 1 lice smoked salmon
  • 1 cup sakura denbu *2
  • 3 imitation crab meat
  • 1 cucumber baby
  • mitsuba baby, for garnish

Instructions

Sushi Rice
    Cup of Yum
  1. Cook the rice as per the instructions in the sushi rice recipe. *3
Kinshi Tamagao
  1. Beat egg with salt and mirin in a small mixing bowl.
  2. Sieve the egg mixture to make smooth textured Kinshi Tamago.
  3. Heat oil in a small frying pan over medium heat. When it is heated, remove from heat and place it on a wet kitchen cloth to distribute the heat evenly.
  4. Place the frying pan back on the heat, and pour the egg in.
  5. Cook the egg one side and flip it back and turn the heat off to cook the other side with the residual heat.
  6. Put the fried egg on a chopping board and cut the egg in half.
  7. Stack the egg together and roll. Slice it from one end. Set it aside.
  8. Slice the cucumber and set aside.
Decorating Sushi Cake
  1. Place half the rice at the bottom of cling wrap lined small cake tin and evenly spread it out and press it down.
  2. Scatter the imitation crab meat and the sakura denbu over the rice. Make sure the sakura denbu is sprinkled around the edges well so that it will be visible from the outside.
  3. Place the rest of the rice, cover with the cling wrap and press it down all together.
  4. Remove the sushi from the tin and place it on a plate.
  5. Slice the cucumber lengthwise and place on the sushi cake.
  6. Cut the thinly sliced smoked salmon into a 0.8 inch (2cm) wide strip. Roll it from the end to shape like a rose.
  7. Place it on the sushi cake.
  8. Decorate the cake with the egg, and sprinkle more sakura denbu.
  9. Garnish with Mitsuba leaves and Serve!

Notes

  • *1 Key to success is to make perfect sushi rice. Check how to make perfect sushi rice here. Use the sushi rice calculator - you need rice to make 2 rolls for this size sushi cake.  
  • *2 instructions in post or substitute with store-bought salmon/fish cans
  • instructions in post or substitute with store-bought salmon/fish cans
  • *3 Sushi rice instruction 
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Nutrition Information

Calories 903kcal (45%) Carbohydrates 174g (58%) Protein 25g (50%) Fat 11g (17%) Saturated Fat 5g (25%) Cholesterol 169mg (56%) Sodium 2627mg (109%) Potassium 714mg (15%) Fiber 4g (16%) Sugar 19g (38%) Vitamin A 553IU (11%) Vitamin C 8mg (9%) Calcium 124mg (12%) Iron 3mg (17%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 1 sushi

Amount Per Serving

Calories 903

% Daily Value*

Calories 903kcal 45%
Carbohydrates 174g 58%
Protein 25g 50%
Fat 11g 17%
Saturated Fat 5g 25%
Cholesterol 169mg 56%
Sodium 2627mg 109%
Potassium 714mg 15%
Fiber 4g 16%
Sugar 19g 38%
Vitamin A 553IU 11%
Vitamin C 8mg 9%
Calcium 124mg 12%
Iron 3mg 17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.