Ingredients
Flour
90 grams (3.06 ounces)
butter at room temperature
90 grams (3.06 ounces)
Milk
90 ml (2.9 ounces)
egg yolks
5
shall
a pinch
Honey
2 teaspoons
Vanilla extract
1 tsp
egg whites
5
Sugar
90 grams (3.1 ounces)
A delicious cake made with just a handful of ingredients? It can be done! This Castella Cake is an easy Japanese cake, made with flour, sugar, eggs, milk and honey. It is also known by its other name, Kasutera . It is a super light and fluffy cake sweetened with honey .
It is said that the cake was introduced to the Nagasaki area (back in the 16th century ) by Portuguese traders. In fact, the full name in Portuguese “Pao de Castela” means bread from Castile, which is why it is called Pastel de Castella. The traditional Castella Cake uses only four ingredients (flour, eggs, sugar and honey), but we add a few more.
Unlike a regular cake , which relies on leavening agents like baking powder to make it rise, this cake only uses eggs, making it super delicate and fluffy. It is light as a feather and almost melts in your mouth . This is the softest cake ever created and so easy to make!
What is Castella cake?
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