Black Sesame Mochi Cake

When I was growing up in Korea, a variety of freshly made tteok, chewy rice cakes, was sold in neighborhood rice cake stores much as breads and pastries are available in bakeries in the United States. It was a part of everyday life that I didn’t appreciate until I immigrated to the United States. Many Korean food items are now easy to get locally or from online stores, but traditional, quality tteok is something I still have to go out of my way to find. When I first came across this