Castella Cake in a Newspaper Mold
- 8 Eggs
- 260 grams Sugar
- 200 grams Bread (strong) flour
- 30 grams Mizuame starch-based sweet syrup (sugar syrup)
- Position 7 sheets of newspaper on top of one another.
- Lift the up right corner, bring to the side in front of you and fold (make a triangle).
- Cut off the rectangle on the left side to make a square (still folded into a triangle at this point in the photo here).
- Open up the triangle into a square and draw two 17 cm lines at every corner like shown above.
- Cut along the red line with scissors and fold along the black line.
- Do the same for the rest of the corners.
- After that you can obtain this shape like a windmill with 4 "wings".
- Fold the wings towards the center first and then fold the wings in half outwards to make the sides.
- Partially over-lay a wing with a neighbouring wing and secure with a stapler to make a box.
- Line the box with baking sheet (I used reusable baking paper in the photo).
- Sprinkle brown sugar crystals on the bottom.
- Pre-heat the oven to 355F/180C.
- Beat in 8 eggs in a bowl.
- Whisk at a low speed with a hand mixer for 10 minutes.
- Divide the sugar into 3 batches to the eggs.
- Continue to whisk at high speed until pale.
- Add the mizuame syrup (or a mixture of milk and honey).
- Mix the flour into the batter in three separates batches.
- Whisk until thick.
- Pour the batter into the prepared mold and gently get rid of any bubbles inside the batter.
- Bake at 355F/180C for 12 minutes, then reduce the heat to 300F/150C to bake for a further 60 minutes.
eggs, sugar, bread, mizuame starch
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/167873-castella-cake-in-a-newspaper-mold (may not work)