{"id":4561,"date":"2026-01-31T11:59:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T11:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baominhheritage.com\/dac-san-da-nang-banh-kho-me\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T11:59:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T11:59:18","slug":"dac-san-da-nang-banh-kho-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baominhheritage.com\/en\/dac-san-da-nang-banh-kho-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Da Nang Specialty \u2013 Sesame Dry Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Coming to Da Nang, one cannot fail to mention the famous specialty \u2013 <strong>Sesame dry cake<\/strong> Cam Le. These <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> crispy, spongy cakes with a mild sweet taste have created a uniqueness for Da Nang cuisine in particular and Vietnamese cuisine in general.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lwptoc lwptoc-autoWidth lwptoc-light lwptoc-notInherit\">\n<div class=\"lwptoc_i\">\n<div class=\"lwptoc_header\">\n<b class=\"lwptoc_title\">Table of Contents<\/b> <span class=\"lwptoc_toggle\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"#\" class=\"lwptoc_toggle_label\">hide<\/a> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lwptoc_items lwptoc_items-visible\">\n<div class=\"lwptoc_itemWrap\">\n<div class=\"lwptoc_item\"> <a href=\"#Banh_kho_me_-_Dac_san_Da_Nang\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"lwptoc_item_number\">1<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"lwptoc_item_label\">Sesame dry cake \u2013 Da Nang Specialty<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lwptoc_item\"> <a href=\"#Cong_doan_che_bien_banh_kho_me\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"lwptoc_item_number\">2<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"lwptoc_item_label\">Processing steps of sesame dry cake<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lwptoc_item\"> <a href=\"#Banh_kho_me_-_Mon_banh_pho_bien_tren_thi_truong_Viet\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"lwptoc_item_number\">3<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"lwptoc_item_label\">B\u00e1nh kh\u00f4 m\u00e8 \u2013 M\u00f3n b\u00e1nh ph\u1ed5 bi\u1ebfn tr\u00ean th\u1ecb tr\u01b0\u1eddng Vi\u1ec7t<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lwptoc_item\"> <a href=\"#Bao_Minh_-_Gan_lien_voi_huong_vi_truyen_thong_Viet\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"lwptoc_item_number\">4<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"lwptoc_item_label\">Bao Minh \u2013 Associated with traditional Vietnamese flavors<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"Banh_kho_me_-_Dac_san_Da_Nang\"><b>Sesame dry cake \u2013 Da Nang Specialty<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sesame dry cake has appeared for a long time and has become one of the famous specialties of the Quang Nam \u2013 Da Nang region. But most famous is still the sesame dry cake produced in Cam Le district.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">See more: <a href=\"https:\/\/banhbaominh.com\/banh-com-bao-minh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Bao Minh Com Cake \u2013 Hang Than Com Cake<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For people in Quang Nam and Da Nang, sesame (sesame) dry cake is an indispensable gift in every family, especially during festivals, Lunar New Year, or weddings and funerals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10417\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10417\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/baominhheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dac-san-da-nang-banh-kho-me-banh-kho-me3-320x300-1.jpeg\" alt=\"banh-kho-me\" width=\"700\" height=\"656\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sesame dry cake \u2013 Da Nang Specialty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Sesame dry cake<\/strong> is made from rice flour, sticky rice, sesame, crushed fresh ginger, sugar, and cinnamon powder to create aroma. The rice must be delicious, fragrant sticky rice, soaked in water for about an hour for the rice and sticky rice to soften.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then rinse the rice clean, take it out to drain completely before putting it into a mill to grind into fine powder. Moisten the powder with water to create humidity, so that when pouring the powder into the cake mold, it will have adhesion.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"Cong_doan_che_bien_banh_kho_me\"><b>Processing steps of sesame dry cake<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To be able to make sesame dry cake, it needs to go through many processing stages. Previously, sesame dry cake was also called <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">'seven fires'<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, because the processing stage needed to go through fire 7 times. However, today this stage has been improved and has become much simpler.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10418\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10418\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/baominhheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dac-san-da-nang-banh-kho-me-banh-kho-me4-400x264-1.jpeg\" alt=\"banh-kho-me\" width=\"700\" height=\"462\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">B\u00e1nh kh\u00f4 m\u00e8 c\u00f2n c\u00f3 t\u00ean g\u1ecdi kh\u00e1c l\u00e0 b\u00e1nh b\u1ea3y l\u1eeda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First is steaming and baking the cake: Pour the batter into the prepared cake mold into thin slices. The cake mold is a pre-made mold, then steamed in a water bath for about 5 minutes until the cake is cooked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the cake is steamed and cooked, it will move to the baking stage. The uniqueness, the \u201csoul\u201d of the sesame dry cake, is in this baking stage.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cake will be baked over two fires. The first time, the charcoal fire will have high heat and bake for about 10 minutes. Must turn the cake frequently to ensure the cake is dry evenly on both sides.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second time, the charcoal fire has moderate heat and bakes for 10 to 15 minutes for the cake to be crispy and spongy.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is an important stage, requiring the worker to accurately estimate the time to turn the cake and transfer the cake from high fire temperature to medium fire temperature so <strong>b\u00e1nh kh\u00f4 m\u00e8<\/strong> that the finished product is dry, crispy, and spongy. If baked for too long, the cake will burn and become hard, not delicious.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>See more:<strong><em> <a href=\"https:\/\/banhbaominh.com\/kham-pha-huong-vi-keo-cu-do-dac-san-ha-tinh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kh\u00e1m ph\u00e1 h\u01b0\u01a1ng v\u1ecb k\u1eb9o Cu \u0110\u01a1 \u2013 \u0110\u1eb7c s\u1ea3n H\u00e0 T\u0129nh<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next is the stage of boiling (cooking) sugar water and roasting sesame: The secret to delicious sesame dry cakes will depend on the sugar boiling technique of the processor.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the sugar is not boiled enough, the cake will not stick to the sesame. But if it is left over the fire too long, the cake will be hard, bitter, dark, and will not have strings.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sesame used to make the cake must be white sesame, with round, plump seeds. Sesame needs to be roasted just right, fragrant, but still retain its ivory white color and must not be burnt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, it is the stage of coating sugar and sesame for the cake. The cooked sugar water will be placed on a warm charcoal stove, take each piece of previously dried cake and dip it in so that the cake absorbs the sugar water evenly, then quickly roll it through roasted sesame so that the sesame covers the cake evenly.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10420\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10420\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/baominhheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dac-san-da-nang-banh-kho-me-banh-kho-me1-400x266-1.jpeg\" alt=\"banh-kho-me\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L\u0103n b\u00e1nh qua m\u00e8 rang \u0111\u1ec3 cho m\u00e8 ph\u1ee7 \u0111\u1ec1u chi\u1ebfc b\u00e1nh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This stage of coating sugar and sesame also requires ingenuity and gentleness so that the sugar and sesame blend together to create fragrant and crispy sesame dry cakes.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A perfect <strong>b\u00e1nh kh\u00f4 m\u00e8<\/strong> meeting the requirements must be a cake with crispiness, sponginess, the mild sweetness of sugar, combined with the nuttiness of sesame and a slight spiciness of fresh ginger and the aromatic scent of Tra My cinnamon. The sugar inside is chewy and when breaking the cake in half, one will see golden, shimmering strings created by the pulled sugar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A quite special point of Cam Le sesame dry cake is that the cake only retains its original flavor when made by hand.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>See more: <a href=\"https:\/\/banhbaominh.com\/banh-cha-bao-minh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Bao Minh Cha Cake \u2013 Traditional flavor<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"Banh_kho_me_-_Mon_banh_pho_bien_tren_thi_truong_Viet\"><b>B\u00e1nh kh\u00f4 m\u00e8 \u2013 M\u00f3n b\u00e1nh ph\u1ed5 bi\u1ebfn tr\u00ean th\u1ecb tr\u01b0\u1eddng Vi\u1ec7t<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, some stages in processing <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/vi.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/B%C3%A1nh_kh%C3%B4_m%C3%A8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">b\u00e1nh kh\u00f4 m\u00e8<\/a><\/span> like pounding rice have been replaced by grinding, steaming powder with firewood has also been replaced by gas. But for stages like drying the cake, it must still be done entirely with charcoal (wood charcoal), if replaced by electric drying, drying with coal or other fuels, the cake will not achieve the required flavor. Therefore, at many cake making establishments, they still follow the manual cake making process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, currently, some sesame dry cake production facilities in Cam Le district have invested in machinery, replacing the stage of baking on charcoal fire with electric fire for more convenience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10416\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/baominhheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dac-san-da-nang-banh-kho-me-banh-kho-me2-400x225-1.jpeg\" alt=\"banh-kho-me\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">B\u00e1nh kh\u00f4 m\u00e8 \u2013 M\u00f3n b\u00e1nh ph\u1ed5 bi\u1ebfn tr\u00ean th\u1ecb tr\u01b0\u1eddng Vi\u1ec7t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Sesame dry cake<\/strong> has become one of the products contributing to the diversity of the delicate and profound folk cuisine of the Quang Nam \u2013 Da Nang land and furthermore, those small cakes also keep the fire for a craft village to be passed down forever.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>See more: <a href=\"https:\/\/banhbaominh.com\/keo-me-xung-dam-da-huong-vi-co-do\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>K\u1eb9o m\u00e8 x\u1eedng \u2013 \u0110\u1eadm \u0111\u00e0 h\u01b0\u01a1ng v\u1ecb c\u1ed1 \u0111\u00f4<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Up to now, Cam Le sesame dry cake is famous everywhere and is especially sold in all confectionery shops in Da Nang city as well as across the country.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"Bao_Minh_-_Gan_lien_voi_huong_vi_truyen_thong_Viet\"><b>Bao Minh \u2013 Associated with traditional Vietnamese flavors<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right from the first days of its launch, <a href=\"https:\/\/banhbaominh.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Bao Minh<\/strong><\/span><\/a> was famous for its traditional confectionery product lines such as peanut candy, 'che lam' (ginger sticky rice candy), 'com' cake, 'khao' cake, 'cha' cake, 'phu the' (husband and wife) cake...&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides the successes in the field of traditional confectionery production, Bao Minh also constantly innovates and develops to meet the diverse needs of modern consumers. The brand has launched some new and more creative products such as Gochiz cake, jasmine sponge cake, Misa cake...<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bao Minh also constantly makes efforts in improving product quality and expanding production scale. Bao Minh has invested in advanced technology and modern production processes to ensure its products always meet the highest standards of quality and food safety when released to the market. This helps Bao Minh build trust as well as the love of consumers.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0110\u1ebfn v\u1edbi \u0110\u00e0 N\u1eb5ng ta kh\u00f4ng th\u1ec3 kh\u00f4ng nh\u1eafc t\u1edbi m\u00f3n \u0111\u1eb7c s\u1ea3n n\u1ed5i ti\u1ebfng \u2013 B\u00e1nh kh\u00f4 m\u00e8 C\u1ea9m L\u1ec7. 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