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Sponge Cake (Castella) Style Cake With Pancake Mix - Recipe Video

A simple and easy to understand recipe video shows how to make Sponge Cake (Castella) Style Cake With Pancake Mix.
This is a Japanese-style cake that is like a castella sponge cake. It is easily made using a pancake mix. The egg whites are whipped and added to the batter without using butter, resulting in a light and fluffy texture. The flavors blend better and taste better after leaving it for a while than when it's freshly baked.
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Cook time

60 minutes

Ingredients
1 cake (6×3×2-inch pound cake mold)

  • Pancake mix
    120 g
  • Egg yolk
    3
  • Sugar
    30 g
  • (A)Honey
    2 tbsp
  • (A)Japanese sweet cooking wine (Mirin)
    1 tbsp
  • (A)Milk
    1 tbsp
  • (A)Salad oil
    1 tbsp
  • Egg whites
    3
  • Sugar
    30 g
  • Boiling water
    as needed

How to make

  1. Prepare. Preheat the oven to 160°C (320°F).
  2. 1. Put the egg yolks and sugar in a bowl and whisk. When the mixture turns white, add the ingredient (A) and mix evenly.
  3. 2. Add the pancake mix and mix it with a rubber spatula until it's no longer powdery.
  4. 3. In a separate bowl, beat egg whites with a hand mixer. When they start to foam, add sugar and whisk it again until peaks form.
  5. 4. Add 1/3 of Step 3 to Step 1 and mix it well, then add the remaining 2/3 and mix it lightly.
  6. 5. Pour the mixture into a mold covered with parchment paper, cover the baking tray with boiling water of 0.4-inch height, and bake it in a hot water bath for 40 minutes at 160°C (320°F).
  7. 6. If an uncooked dough does not stick to the mold when you pierce it with a bamboo skewer, remove it from the mold, let it cool down, and it is ready.

Tips for cooking

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. 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.

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