Japanese Cake
A Japanese strawberry shortcake on Christmas. A jiggly cheesecake from Osaka. A castella in a wooden box. Japanese cake is restrained where European cake is decorated, and the difference is the whole point.
Featured japanese cake recipes
- Japanese strawberry shortcake — Iris · Tokyo · A genoise, fresh cream, fresh strawberries, restraint. The Christmas cake of Japan.
- Jiggly cheesecake, Osaka — Iris · Osaka · A folded meringue cheesecake baked in a water bath. Wobbles when it leaves the oven.
- Matcha cheesecake, Kyoto — Iris · Kyoto · Cream cheese, a high-grade matcha, a sponge base. Cool slowly, slice cold.
- Cream roll cake, the bakery one — Iris · Tokyo · A thin egg-foam sponge rolled around lightly whipped cream. Sliced clean.
- Castella, honey sponge in a wooden box — Iris · Nagasaki · Slow-baked, baked again briefly, slept twelve hours before slicing.
- Chiffon cake, Japanese style — Iris · Tokyo · Tall, light, pulled from the tin upside-down. The texture is the entire point.
- Coffee roll cake — Iris · Tokyo · A cocoa-spiked sponge, coffee cream, cocoa dusted across the top.
- Kasutera honey cake, slow bake — Iris · Nagasaki · The other name for castella. Bake low. Wait twelve hours. Slice with a wet knife.
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