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Chewy Sponge Cake (Castella) With Rice Flour - Recipe Video

A simple and easy to understand recipe video shows how to make Chewy Sponge Cake (Castella) With Rice Flour.
Introducing a sponge cake (castella), which is made by adding rice flour. How about making a sweet and moist castella dough at home? This time we added rice flour to make a chewy dough. The texture of the coarse sugar on the bottom is also delicious.
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Cook time

80 minutes

Ingredients
1 cake (7-inch square shape)

  • Powdered Ingredients
  • Rice flour
    50 g
  • Bread flour
    50 g
  • Sugar
    150 g
  • Eggs
    4
  • Hot water
    as needed
  • (A)Honey
    50 g
  • (A)Milk
    15 ml
  • (A)Japanese sweet cooking wine (Mirin)
    15 ml
  • Hot water
    as needed
  • Crystal sugar
    30 g

How to make

  1. Prepare. Line the mold with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 180°C (360°F).
  2. 1. Place the ingredient (A) in a bowl and warm it with hot water until the honey is soft.
  3. 2. Place the eggs and the sugar in a separate bowl and whisk them with a hand mixer until a ribbon shape remains when drizzled over the top.
  4. 3. Sift in the flour mixture and whisk it together quickly.
  5. 4. Add Step 1 and mix together.
  6. 5. Add the coarse sugar to the pan and spread it all over.
  7. 6. Pour in Step 4 from the height of 4-inch and move long chopsticks up, down, left, and right to release the air. Bake in the oven at 180°C (360°F) for 15 minutes.
  8. 7. Lower the oven temperature to 160°C (320°F) and bake for 40 minutes. If the dough doesn't stick to the bamboo skewer, it's ready. Remove it from the mold, wrap it in plastic wrap, let it cool, and it's ready to serve.

Tips for cooking

We used rice flour that does not contain some sugar or flour, but 100% rice. Please make sure to preheat the oven before baking. If the oven does not have a preheating function, set the temperature and heat for 10 minutes before baking. The strength of the heat may vary depending on the type of oven and the period of use. Please make sure to follow the recipe as a guide but adjust the baking time as needed. If it browns too fast, cover it with aluminum foil. This recipe uses honey. Please be careful not to let children below the age of 1 (infants) consume them. You can substitute honey with sugar, but since the sweetness varies depending on the type, we recommend adjusting the taste to your liking.

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