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Sushi Bundt Cake 😍 I understand that it isn’t traditional by any means but it is a super popular dish in my hometown in Mexico! Its original name is rosca de sushi, which translates literally to sushi bundt cake. This has been one of my most viral recipes to date with well over 30 million views across platforms. Typically it is done with surimi (imitation crab) tampico. Personally I prefer real crab, which is what I used but you can take your pick!
Why You’ll Love Sushi Bundt Cake
It is very easy to make and extremely versatile! Every time I serve it up for guests they are instantly impressed by how cool it looks. Perfect way to serve up a large group or to take to a get together. You can also make them into individual servings, try my mini sushi bundt cakes!
How to Prepare Sushi Bundt Cake
🍣 Prepare the rice seasoning by mixing rice vinegar, sugar, and salt. Combine with cooked rice and sesame seeds, then let it cool completely, preferably overnight.
🦀 Mix crab meat with Japanese mayo, sriracha, sesame oil, Serranos, rice vinegar, and scallions (white and light green parts).
🍚 Assemble the bundt by greasing it with cooking oil, layering rice, cucumber, crab mixture, and avocado, then topping with remaining rice. Flip onto a plate.
🌿 Make a dressing with the green parts of scallions, cilantro, orange and lemon juice, and tamari to taste.
🌶️ Garnish the bundt with nori pieces, togarashi, and Serrano slices. Enjoy!
Substitutions and Variations
- Feel free to use regular mayonnaise as opposed to kewpie mayo. Alternatively, if you’re dairy-free you can use Vegenaise instead.
- You can do substitute the crab for imitation crab (Which is what’s in the OG). If you are not a fan of either, you can do salmon or shrimp, or even scallops.
- Instead of serranos, feel free to use green bell peppers instead.
- You can use Calrose rice as per the recipe or regular sushi rice will work just as well.
Chef Nadia’s Tip 🍣
Make sure to cook the rice in the rice cooker the night before for optimal results.
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Common Questions
Instead of Calrose rice, you can definitely use regular short grain rice as well.
Yes, you can certainly use regular mayo or Vegenaise if you are dairy-free.
You should store the sushi bundt cake in the fridge.
It can last a few days in the fridge, the rice might harden a bit. I recommend eating it right away.
Yes, you can definitely use jalapeños or green bell peppers if you don’t like the heat.
For this recipe, I used Calrose Rice by Botan.
I used a 6 cup Bundt Cake Pan.
Sushi Bundt Cake
Ingredients
- 1.5 cup Calrose rice, made in rice cooker or cooked to package instructions
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar, for the rice
- 2 tsp rice vinegar, for the sauce
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 3 tbsp black sesame seeds, Toasted
- Pinch Salt
- 2 cups crab meat, I used real but you can use imitation
- 1/4 cup Japanese mayo
- 1 tbsp sriracha
- 2 serranos, finely chopped and more for topping
- 3 scallions, chopped, separate white and green part
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 1 english cucumber, thinly sliced
- 2 avocados, sliced
- 1/2 orange
- 1/2 lemon
- 2 tbsp cilantro, chopped
- Shichimi Togarashi, For topping
- Toasted nori, For topping
Instructions
- Mix the rice vinegar, sugar and pinch of salt. Add it to your cooked rice with the sesame seeds and let completely cool. Preferably overnight.
- Add crab meat to a bowl with the Japanese mayo, sriracha, sesame oil, serranos, 2 tsp rice vinegar and white and light green part of the scallions. Mix well.
- Assemble the bundt starting by spraying cooking oil on it. Add the rice on the bottom, add in cucumber, crab Tampico mixture and avocado, press in the rest of the rice. Using a plate, flip it over.
- Mix the green part of scallions, cilantro, orange and lemon juice. Add Tamari to taste.
- Top the bundt with nori pieces, Togarashi and Serrano slices.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Good evening Nadia,
This is one of my favorite recipe of yours! What type of crab meat you buy? Canned or fresh? Thank you in advance for your response.
I crack my own snow crab legs, but you can use the canned ones as well!
Hi, thank you for this wonderful recipe! I see that you suggest cooking the sushi the night before. Do you refrigerate it?
Yes I do! I’m glad you like it 🙂
Hi could I use black rice? Also, does rice need to be on the bottom. I’d really like to incorporate mangos!
HI! To be honest I have never tried it, I don’t think it is as sticky as sushi rice but I could be wrong. The rice does need to be on the bottom as it is what would hold the bundt. You can definitely incorporate mangoes! Hope this helps 🙂