Castella (Pudding Cake)
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A unique and delicious dessert.
Ingredients
For The Caramel Sauce:
Method
For The Caramel sauce:
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Ingredients
For The Caramel Sauce:
- 3 tbsp granulated sugar (40g)
- 1 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp hot boiling water
- 11/4 cups milk
- 2 large eggs
- 4 tbsp sugar (50g)
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp honey
- 3 tbsp all-purpose flour (30g)
The perfect treat! Image Credit: Chopstick Chronicles
Method
For The Caramel sauce:
- Put sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium-high heat to bring it to a boil.
- When the mixture bubbles and the colour has turned into an amber colour, turn the heat off.
- Add hot water gradually and swirl the mixture to make it an even consistency.
- Divide the caramel sauce into 4 heat-proof glass cups and set aside.
- Warm milk up to around 140°F(60°C).
- Place egg and sugar into a mixing bowl and whisk together.
- Pour the warm milk into the egg mixture gradually and stir to combine them all together.
- Strain the egg mixture with a sieve and set aside.
- Start preheating the oven to 302°F(150°C).
- Place egg, sugar and honey into a mixing bowl.
- Whisk all together and place the bowl over the hot water.
- Continue to beat till the mixture forms soft peaks.
- Add sifted flour to the batter.
- Fold the flour into the batter using a spatula.
- Pour the custard pudding mixture over the caramel sauce in the cups.
- Put the castella cake batter floating over the custard pudding mixture.
- Place the cups into a deep baking tray with kitchen cloth layered at the bottom.
- Pour enough hot water to reach the level of the custard pudding mixture.
- Bake in a preheated oven of 302°F(150°C) in the water bath for 40 minutes.
- Remove the baking tray from the oven. Take the cups out of the water bath.
- Tap each cup with a spoon or fork to avoid shrinkage of Castella cake.
- Serve warm or chill for later.
You can taste two delicious Japanese sweets in one! Image Credit: Chopstick Chronicles
This dessert was sourced from Chopstick Chronicles. For more delectable desserts, browse through our forum here.
