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Homemade Moist Castella - Recipe Video

A simple and easy to understand recipe video shows how to make Homemade Moist Castella.
Why don't you make your favorite snack, sponge cake (castella), at home? The key is to add honey and Japanese sweet cooking wine (mirin). It adds a rich flavor and makes it moist. You can make very delicious castella. We recommend it when inviting guests or having a party. Please try it.
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Cook time

80 minutes

Ingredients
1 cake (square, 7-inch)

  • Bread flour
    100 g
  • Caster sugar
    150 g
  • Eggs
    5
  • 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 a mold with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 180°C (360°F).
  2. 1. Put an ingredient (A) in a bowl and warm it in hot water until honey softens.
  3. 2. Put eggs and caster sugar in a separate bowl and whisk with a hand mixer while warming it in hot water. Whisk until a ribbon-like streak forms when dripping from the top.
  4. 3. Sift in bread flour and mix quickly with a whisk.
  5. 4. Add Step 1 and mix with a whisk.
  6. 5. Add crystal sugar and spread it all over.
  7. 6. Pour it into the mold from a slightly higher position, put the long chopsticks in the batter, move it up, down, left, and right to release the air, and bake it in the oven at 180°C (360°F) for 15 minutes.
  8. 7. Lower the oven temperature to 160°C (320°F) and bake it for 40 minutes. If you insert a bamboo skewer and it doesn't come with the batter, it's done. Remove it from the mold, let it cool, and it's ready.

Tips for cooking

By removing the air from the dough, it becomes a smooth and fine dough. 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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