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Today you will need these ingredients.
First, line the pan with parchment paper.
Measure and cut the paper.
Spray oil into the pan.
Today I am using a pump oil spray, you can use butter if you want.
And brush to apply oil evenly. And place the paper inside of the pan.
Voila.
Then, sift the bread flour and set aside.
Bread flour is made of hard protein wheat.
It is coarser than cake flour.
Now prepare two bowls and separate the eggs.
Then on medium speed, beat the egg whites until hard peaks.
Then add sugar little by little. Keep beating until soft peaks.
This is French meringue.
And add egg yolks one at a time into the batter and beat until combined.
Then pour in the flour and with a spatula, stir until just moistened.
Add one tablespoon of hot water into honey and mix well.
Choose light honey such as Acacia honey, not dark honey.
The flavour of dark honey is too strong for castella.
Then add in the batter and stir until combined.
Now pass the batter through a sieve.
You will get finer texture through this process.
Then in another bowl, set aside 1/3 of the batter.
Add 1 tablespoon of hot water in the green tea and mix well.
If you want stronger green color, double the portion of green tea.
And to obtain more beautiful green, make sure to use brighter green tea powder for pastry.
Add the green tea mixture into 1/3 of the batter and stir until homogenous.
Now in the prepared pan, add in the plain batter and evenly spread on the bottom with
a spoon.
Then add in one tablespoon of green batter and spread.
And add in one tablespoon of plain batter and spread.
Repeat until you finish the batters.
Now tap the pan a little and insert a chopstick and be creative to make beautiful patterns.
With this portion, you can make 6 to 10 cupcakes or muffins depending on the pan size.
Bake at 320 degrees F for about 40 mins. For cupcakes, bake for about 20-25 min.
Cover with parchment paper when the top is too much browned.
Muffins come out first, brush the honey mixture on the top of the cakes.
After 5 minutes, when they are still warm, cover with plastic wrap and put them in the
refrigerator.
As for the loaf, brush the honey mixture again. After cooled a little, peel off the parchment
paper and cover with plastic wrap and place the cake in the refrigerator.
Marble or Zebra Kasutera (Castella)
The flavour was developed in the refrigerator. And it’s cooled in a wrap, so it stays moist.
This is a Japanese sponge cake with rough bread flour yet very soft and moist.
Green tea is perfect for kasutera.
Mmmm..
It's really really good.
Thank you for watching. Bye for now!