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This article is about the byproduct of pressed oil. For the British cake made, in part, from seeds, see Caraway seed cake.

Seed cake or bush bread refers to bread made by crushing seeds into a dough after which it is baked (without any additives). Some seeds (such as the seed of acacia) needs to be heated, hulled and then ground dry, while others (such as those of grasses) can be ground with water. ^[1] Bush bread was traditionally made by aboriginal Australians. Bush bread is high in protein and carbohydrate and can be part of a balanced diet.

Seed cake can also refer to a byproduct of making pressed oil from seeds. When oil is pressed the remaining solids are pressed into cakes.^[2] Seed cakes are primarily used as food for livestock.^[3] The seed cake of the moringa can be used as a flocculant in water treatment.^[4]

Ingredients

Bush bread can be made from a variety of seeds; these include^[5]:

Acacia spp. (eg Acacia aneura (mulga), Acacia cowleana, Acacia estrophiolata (ironweed), Acacia ligulata (umbrella bush), Acacia murrayana (tjuntjula), Acacia tetragonophylla (wakalpulka), Acacia kempeana (Witchetty bush), Acacia coriacea (Wiry wattle), Acacia notabilis, Acacia pyrifolia, Acacia tetragonophylla, Acacia victoriae, Acacia sophorae, Acacia stenophylla, Acacia tumida)
Aleurites moluccana
Atriplex nummularia (Old man saltbush)
Panicum spp. (eg Panicum australiense, Panicum decompositum, Panicum effusum)
Amaranthus mitchellii
Amaranthus grandiflorus
Brachiaria spp. (eg Brachiaria piligera Brachiaria milliformis)
Brachychiton spp. (eg Brachychiton diversifolium Brachychiton gregorii, Brachychiton paradoxum, Brachychiton populneum)
Bruguiera rheedii
Calandrinia balonensis
Canarium australianum
Canavalia maritima
Entada phaseolides
Eragrostris spp. (Wangunu) (eg Eragrostris eriopoda)
Eucalyptus leptopoda
Eucalyptus microtheca
Astrelba pectinata (Mitchell grass)
Portulaca oleracea
Portulaca intraterranea
Oryza sativa
Marsilea drummondii (Nardoo)
Nymphae gigantea
Rhyncharrhena linearis
Themeda australis

References

^ Bush food: Aboriginal food and herbal medicine by Jennifer Isaacs
^ Rose Secrest (January 1, 1994). "Cooking Oil". How Products are Made. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2896500043.html. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
^ "Linseed cake". Columbia Encyclopedia. 2008. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-linseedc.html.
^ Laura S. Meitzner, Martin L. Price (1996). Amaranth to Zai Holes: Ideas for Growing Food Under Difficult Conditions. ECHO. http://www.amazon.com/Amaranth-Zai-Holes-Difficult-Conditions/dp/096533600X.
^ Bush food: Aboriginal food and herbal medicine by Jennifer Isaacs

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