Castella
Castella is a type of sponge cake that is popular in Japan. If you’re looking for a unique and delicious cake to try out, Castella is a great option. In this blog post, we’re going to walk you through the recipe for Castella Japanese sponge cake, as well as provide tips and tricks for baking it. We’ll also provide a recipe for Castella variations, so you can make it your own. So whether you’re a fan of Castella cake or just looking for a new recipe to try out, be sure to check out this blog post.
Ingredients
- 190 g 6.7 oz bread flour
- 5 eggs
- 290 g 10 oz beet sugar (or your favorite sugar) -I added 230g (8 oz) of beet sugar for my son this time
A
- 5 Teaspoon milk
- 4 Teaspoon canola oil
- 3 Teaspoon honey I used maple syrup since my son cannot have honey yet.
Instructions
Preparation
- sift flour
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (160 C).
- Place parchment paper in the mold 2 (8 x 4-inch) loaf pans or8 inch square pan
- Grease the parchment.
Instructionn
- In a large bowl, whisk egg and half amount of sugar until pale yellow and doubled in volume.
- add rest of sugar and mix.
- add ingredients A and flour and whisking.
- Pour batter into pan. Tap gently on the counter to make flat all area and remove air bubbles.
- Bake on middle rack of oven 50 minutes or until golden brown.
- When done, wrap with plastic and leave in room temperature until cool down.
- store airtight and keep it in refrigerator (or room temperature) about 1 day.
Video
Notes
*usually it taste better 1 day later.