Green tea Castella : 抹茶カステラ

 It's not your ordinary cake ^^, I must say this.

 As you can see that this cake has bread flour on the ingredient list. Why bread flour? Because bread flour has more gluten and it makes this cake firm and gives the cake more texture than cake flour. Castella made with honey, let the cake rest for 12 hours will make the cake become richer in taste and moist texture (as the honey is a highly hygroscopic kind of sugar)  with bread flour, the cake will stay firm. The result you get from all your hard work (well, I know it's not that hard, haha)  is the sweet and fragrance cake that will be lingering in your mouth longer, giving you more time to enjoy it with a cup of good tea. 

Recipe: Green tea Castella
สูตรภาษาไทย: คาสเตลล่าชาเขียว
日本語のレシピ：抹茶カステラ
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Green tea Castella : 抹茶カステラ

Make 18x 7 cm loaf

35 g ........................... Honey
20 ml ......................... Hot water
5 g ............................. Green tea powder
70 g ........................... Bread flour
2 ................................ Eggs
1 ................................ Egg yolk
................................... Pinch of Salt
50 g ........................... Granulated sugar

20 g ........................... Rice bran oil

Preheat the oven to 170°C.
Line the 18x 7 cm loaf pan with baking paper, and set it aside.

  I use Rice bran oil.

 Pour hot water into a bowl of honey, and stir to combine.

 Sift green tea powder into the bowl.

 Stir until fully combined.

 Sift the bread flour, and set it aside.

 Put eggs, egg yolk, salt, and sugar into a bowl.

 Beat with a hand mixer until thick and light in color.
Pour the green tea mixture into the bowl.

 Beat until very thick (ribbon stage).

 Spoon 1/2 cup of the batter into rice bran oil.

 Lightly fold, and set aside.

 Fold the flour in 3 additions.

 Pour the rice bran oil mixture into the bowl.

 Fold to combine.

 Pour into the prepared pan, and tap lightly to remove the large air bubble.

 Bake for 25-28 minutes.
Remove from the oven and let it cool completely on a wire rack.

 Wrap with plastic wrap.

 Let it rest for 12 hours.

Ready to enjoy with a cup of tea ^^.

Green tea Castella : 抹茶カステラ