Kasutera カステラ
Japanese traditional sweets Kasutera recipe
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 50 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 4 medium sized eggs (weighing 200g all together)
- 100 g sugar
- 100 g Baker's flour (bread flour)
- 20 g plain flour
- 2 tbs honey
- 2 tbs mirin
Instructions
- 1
Pre heat the oven to 180 degrees celsius.
- 2
sift the baker's flour and plain flour and set aside.
- 3
Line the form or tin with baking sheet.
- 4
Place the honey and mirin in a small bowl and microwave for 20 seconds on 600w and set aside
- 5
Beat the eggs and sugar until it forms a peak.
- 6
Add the honey and mirin mixture into the beaten eggs and sugar mixture.
- 7
Add shifted flour and mix for another couple minutes on slow speed
- 8
Pour the batter into the tin
- 9
Bake for 15 minutes on 180 degrees celsius then turn the oven down to 150 degrees and bake for a further 35 minutes.
- 10
10. Remove the tin out of the oven, drop it from a height in order to avoid it sinking.
- 11
11. Remove the cake out of the tin and wrap it with cling wrap tightly.
- 12
12. Rest it in the fridge for a few days.
- 13
13. Slice the Kasutera cake to serve.