Easy Castella Cake (poundcake)
Easy Castella Cake (poundcake)

Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, easy castella cake (poundcake). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Easy Castella Cake (poundcake) is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Easy Castella Cake (poundcake) is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

Who can resist the moist and sweet Japanese honey sponge cake made with egg, bread flour The difference between Japanese honey sponge cake and the regular western sponge cake is Japanese Castella is more delicate. See how to make pound cake from scratch the easy way. Pretty marbled pound cake with rich, dark chocolate.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have easy castella cake (poundcake) using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Easy Castella Cake (poundcake):
  1. Make ready 2/3 C (100 g) cake flour
  2. Take 2/3 C (100 g) unsalted butter
  3. Get 2/3 C (100 g) milk
  4. Take 4-6 egg yolks
  5. Prepare 4-6 egg whites
  6. Take 2/3 C (100 g) organic sugar
  7. Make ready 1-2 tsp Dominican style vanilla*
  8. Prepare Dominican vanilla
  9. Get Can be found in the Caribbean section in your supermarket

Castella cake is a popular Japanese sponge cake. The key to making it at home is in preparing the eggs which are whisked over warm water until they hold soft peaks. How to Make Delicious Lemon Pound Cakes / Easy Recipes. Cream Cheese Pound Cake is a slight twist on the classic recipe and is dense, sweet, and tender and the only pound Nonna's Sponge Cake by Mangia Bedda.

Steps to make Easy Castella Cake (poundcake):
  1. Separate egg yolks from the whites and place them both in separate bowls. Set aside.
  2. In a bowl, sift the cake flour. Also set aside. In a small pot place butter and milk and let it melt over medium heat stirring occasionally. Once you see a few bubbles on the sides turn off. Pour this over the cake flour (while warm) and whisk until smooth.
  3. Whisk egg whites and sugar until a smooth meringue is form. Soft peaks is a good sign of how far to whisk it. After doing this, combine the meringue with the cake batter and mix together well.
  4. Pre-heat oven to a low 305 F
  5. In a baking pan (square is preferred) line it with wax paper (baking paper) on all sides. This will help the cake not stick to the pan and will make it easy to take out. Tap pan gently ontop of a kitchen towel to get air bubbles out. Since this is a pound cake made of mostly yolks, you will need to place the pan in a shallow baking tray and do a marybain (water bath) which means you have to place the pan in the tray and pour hot water gently to cover up to half way of the pan.
  6. Once you do this step, place the cake batter into the oven and bake for 50-60 minutes. Insert a tooth pick around 50 minute mark to see if it comes out clean.
  7. Tip: you can also bake this in your rice/slow cooker!!! Instead of a pan, oil your rice pot and pour batter. Cook it for 50 minutes. If it is still too light and a bit "wet" continue cooking for ten more minutes. Here is the third try this time in the rice cooker.

Unlike the "traditional" way of mixing Castella cake batter, this recipe requires the separation of egg yolks and whites. This pillow-like sponge cake is the Taiwanese old school sponge cake. I think I am addicted to make this cake with very smooth surface, without any crack. Kasutera (Castella) is an old-fashioned Japanese sponge cake that is loved by everyone from the young to the old. Caution: This is not an easy recipe, unlike most of the other recipes on this site.

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