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Kasutera カステラ
Japanese traditional sweets Kasutera recipe
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
Total Time
1 hr 5 mins
Servings:
12
slices
Calories:
104 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
Japanese
Ingredients
- 4 egg weighing 200g all together, medium sized
- 100 g sugar
- 100 g all-purpose flour bread flour
- 20 g plain flour
- 2 tbs honey
- 2 tbs mirin
Instructions
- Pre heat the oven to 180 degrees celsius.
- sift the baker's flour and plain flour and set aside.
- Line the form or tin with baking sheet.
- Place the honey and mirin in a small bowl and microwave for 20 seconds on 600w and set aside
- Beat the eggs and sugar until it forms a peak.
- Add the honey and mirin mixture into the beaten eggs and sugar mixture.
- Add shifted flour and mix for another couple minutes on slow speed
- Pour the batter into the tin
- Bake for 15 minutes on 180 degrees celsius then turn the oven down to 150 degrees and bake for a further 35 minutes.
- 10. Remove the tin out of the oven, drop it from a height in order to avoid it sinking.
- 11. Remove the cake out of the tin and wrap it with cling wrap tightly.
- 12. Rest it in the fridge for a few days.
- 13. Slice the Kasutera cake to serve.
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Notes
- Kasutera can be stored in fridge for about a week and in freezers for a few months. Wrap the slices individually with cling wrap then stored in ziplock bag.
Nutrition Information
Calories
104kcal
(5%)
Carbohydrates
19g
(6%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
1g
(2%)
Cholesterol
54mg
(18%)
Sodium
42mg
(2%)
Potassium
28mg
(1%)
Sugar
11g
(22%)
Vitamin A
80IU
(2%)
Calcium
9mg
(1%)
Iron
0.4mg
(2%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12 slices
Amount Per Serving
Calories 104
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 104kcal | 5% |
| Carbohydrates | 19g | 6% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Cholesterol | 54mg | 18% |
| Sodium | 42mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 28mg | 1% |
| Sugar | 11g | 22% |
| Vitamin A | 80IU | 2% |
| Calcium | 9mg | 1% |
| Iron | 0.4mg | 2% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.