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What is the classic Japanese Nagasaki cake?

Did Nagasaki cake originate in Japan?

The name of Nagasaki cake is "カステラ", which means "Castela". Legend has it that it was a gift from the royal family of the Kingdom of the Netherlands 400 years ago. /kloc-spread to Nagasaki, Japan in the 5th century, and Taiwan Province Province spread to the famous West Point in Japan about thirty or forty years ago. Honey cake originated in ancient Holland, when the nobles were entertaining envoys, they used it to express their hosts' most solemn respect for their guests.

The Historical Origin of Nagasaki Cake

/kloc-in the 0/7th century, Portuguese missionaries and businessmen traveled across the ocean to Nagasaki, and the things they brought, such as glass, tobacco, bread, etc., were all novel things to the local people. In order to establish mutual friendship, these foreigners try to please the locals. Missionaries distributed wine to nobles and desserts to civilians, hoping to spread Christianity. Businessmen even made many cakes and distributed them to people in the street.

At that time, a cake made of sugar, eggs and flour was very popular. The Japanese asked about the dessert in the Kingdom of Castela. As a result, the Japanese mistakenly passed Castella as the name of dessert, which is the origin of Castella. Castella is a Portuguese language, which has been developed in Nagasaki, Japan since the17th century, that is, Nagasaki cake.

A famous brand of Nagasaki cake

The most famous cake shop in Nagasaki is Fuxiawu, which is named Fuxiawu because it was the first to handle rice and sugar in China and Fujian. Later, when the Portuguese came to Nagasaki, Fusha House first learned to make this cake made of flour, sugar and eggs. At that time, Japan was dominated by rice, and cakes were also made of rice, so this cake made of flour, sugar and eggs was very popular immediately. Fuxiawu has been passed down to 16 generations.

Why Nagasaki cake is popular all over the world?

Nagasaki cake is really old. Compared with the newly popular cakes, its shape is really a little old-fashioned, square, with chestnut brown skin and many holes in the cake body. At first glance, it is not much different from ancient breakfast cakes. Nagasaki cake tastes soft, dense and smooth. The addition of honey increases the flavor of the cake and makes it more moist and sweet.

Nagasaki cake is exquisite in materials and exquisite in craftsmanship, and needs high-gluten flour to improve the elasticity of the cake. Yes, you are not mistaken, it is high-gluten flour! It simply subverts my long-standing cognition that "low flour = cake high flour = bread".

Is the mold for making Nagasaki cake expensive?

Nagasaki cake is made of rare wooden molds. Don't worry, I'm not selling you molds this time! ! On the contrary, I don't think it's worth buying an expensive mold, not to mention using it less than a few times.

Find a square mold, cut out four pieces of cardboard with the same size as the mold around it, wrap three layers with tin foil paper, then put it around the mold and stand it up, and finally pad it with silicone oil paper for easy demoulding. A simple and practical Nagasaki cake mold is ready! Did you save another large sum of money?

Can I eat Nagasaki cake to lose weight?

Dieters' instructions

The calorie of Nagasaki cake is 253 kcal/100g, and the calorie contained in 100g takes 45.3 minutes to finish playing basketball. This food contains 45.80g of carbohydrate, 3.86g of fat and 7.98g of protein per 100g. If you are afraid of getting fat after eating the cake, you can remedy it by exercising after eating and controlling your diet, and consume the extra calories you have already taken.