Welcome to Part 5 of our mooncake series – Fruit Jelly Mooncakes. In this series, we present unique and creative mooncake ideas just in time for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival. We will be using red dragon fruit, fresh blueberries, and green grapes as toppings. While these may not be traditional …
Japanese
Sakura Raindrop Cake
Raindrop Cake is a Japanese dessert that has recently gained popularity around the world. It is a transparent, jelly-like dessert made from agar-agar and water. The dessert is shaped like a droplet or a raindrop, hence its name. It is often served with sweet accompaniments such as roasted soybean flour, …
Oden (Japanese Fish Cake Stew)
Oden is a heartwarming one-pot Japanese dish and also my kind of comfort food. Some of the typical toppings include fish cakes, daikon, konjac, and boiled eggs. But to be honest, you can add anything you like in the pot because the broth is what matters the most here.
Black Sesame Japanese Cotton Cake (no cream cheese version)
What can you do when you only have eggs, milk, sugar, and flour? Here is a good recommendation for you! Japanese Cotton Cake is famous for its airy and fluffy texture, and it uses a few simple ingredients. In this recipe, I used the “Scalded Flour Method”, which allows the …