The weather has been pretty funky in the Bay Area – normally by now we’d be seeing tons of sunny and warm weather but it’s really been hit or miss with days where the weather goes up to over 100 degrees, and other days where the temperature barely makes it to the lower 70s. Even [...]
This whole week has been all about kasutera making – on my third go, I decided to make a matcha kasutera (green tea honey sponge cake) by using the same recipe as before, but adding 2 TB of matcha powder. It’s important to mix the matcha with the flour ahead of time and sift it [...]
Kasutera cake (カステラ, Japanese honey-sponge cake) is one of my favorite cakes ever – filled with many fond memories of weekends spent at my grandmother’s house where she would always have some on hand for us kids. I’ve never been a huge fan of American-style cakes, which I typically find too heavy and sweet. Growing up, it [...]
