Orange Castella Cake

[a_boleyn]

The Castella cake is a light sponge cake popular in Japan and seems to be sold often as a plain bar cake. It is classified as a kind of 'wagashi' or Japanese traditional confectionery, according to Wikipedia.

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[spikesgirl58]

I am going to have to try this. I am familiar with this through a Ghibli film (The Wind Rises) I have most of the ingredients on hand, but I think I might substitute lemon for orange. We still have so many lemons on our tree.

Thanks for this and the step-by-step. I will let you know what happens.

[a_boleyn]

I noted the need for more sugar than the original recipe called for in my next attempt ... but other than that it was a pretty straight-forward bake.

[spikesgirl58]

I made note of that. TBG said to give it a go, but next out of the chute is some 'old fashioned' bread and butter pudding.