After indulging in a Castella Fruit Sandwich at the Bunmeido Cafe in Tokyo, I faced a culinary conundrum: Was it a sandwich or a cake? #Japan #culinary travel #Castella #Nagasaki @InsideJapan
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El català és la llengua habitual només del 33% dels ciutadans de Catalunya, mentre que el castellà s'imposa en els àmbits social i laboral. Les queixes per discriminació lingüística es multipliquen un 600% en 11 anys
Chocolate castella cake
When we were in Japan last year, I kept seeing these massive, fluffy cakes being sold. They’re a sponge cake, with origins from 16th century Portugal, but sold everywhere in Japan.
I was tempted to stop at Fan Pai Pai in Shibuya, Tokyo as I saw they had a chocolate special. I’m always going to be interested in a chocolate cake.
I was obsessed with this cake. It was so large that it took me about three days to eat it, but it was delicious. The sponge was bouncy and fluffy and it contained little chocolate chips to provide texture and flavour. They had mostly sunk to the bottom of the cake due to the lightness of the sponge, but that meant that there was a lovely chocolatey layer at the bottom.
So when I got home, I immediately set out to look for a recipe to try and recreate this myself.
This came out really well; not identical to the cake we had in Japan but not too far off! The texture was light and spongy and it was full of chocolate flavour.
I served it with homemade matcha ice cream, but is good with a cup of tea as well.
Recipe from Better Home Base. Serves 8.
Preheat your oven to 320°F (160°C). Seperate the eggs and keep the egg white bowl in the fridge.
Heat the vegetable oil to 158°F (70°C). Transfer the heated oil to a clean bowl, add in cocoa powder and flour and mix well.
Add in melted dark chocolate and milk and mix well. Add in egg yolks and mix well. Set aside
Add lemon juice, granulated sugar and vanilla extract into the egg white, use a hand mixer to beat until it forms soft peaks
Take a scoop of whipped egg white to fold into the batter until just combined. Pour all the whipped egg white into the batter. Gently fold the whipped egg white into the batter until just combined.
Line the square springform pan (24x24x8cm) with parchment paper and pour all the batter into the pan Smooth the surface. Give it a few taps (optional)
Wrap the baking pan bottom with tinfoil to avoid water getting into the cake during water-bath baking. Pour some room temp water (about 1cm high) into the baking sheet and place the springform cake pan into the baking sheet. Send into the oven to bake for 65 minutes
Once the cake is fully cooked, take it out of the oven. Take the cake out of the springform pan and let it cool down on the cooking rack or the cake may get too moist.
#Cake #Castella #Chocolate #Food #Japanese #Matcha #Recipe
This is one of my favorite Nagasaki sweets. It's called "Chocolatte" and is made by "Shōōken." It's a chocolate version of "Castella," a traditional Nagasaki sweet made with eggs and sugar.
It's incredibly sweet and delicious!
#castella #sweets #Nagasaki #Japan
#松翁軒 #カステラ
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Paired with the matcha, 'peach castella' (桃カステラ) all the way from Kyūshū.
In Nagasaki Prefecture it is tradition for families with daughters celebrating their first Hina Matsuri to gift these sweets to relatives and friends.
La tenda virtual del #InstitutoCervantes està en #castellà, #anglès, #portuguès i #francès, del català no se'n té notícia.
Endevineu que passaria si l'#InstitutRamonLlull fes el mateix?
La consellera d’Educació vol que s’use el valencià “per gust, no per imposició”
Doncs per gust, tot en català!
M'ho permetran ? No!
Fer tràmits a cal's espanyols, els funcionaris em diuen, educadament, que no m'entenen.
https://www.racocatala.cat/noticia/69552/consellera-deducacio-vol-suse-valencia-gust-no-imposicio
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