Japanese Christmas Cake

I’d wanted to bake a Japanese desert but it needed to be something that didn’t use very many ingredients, what I ended up making was a Japanese Christmas Cake. Basically all it is is a sponge cake with whipped cream and fruit on top. The recipe I used is found here: http://japanesefood.about.com/od/japanesecake/r/christmascake.htm

Sponge Cake:

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup all purpose flour
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 Tbsp milk
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 Tbsp butter

You start by whisking the eggs in a bowl, then put them into a double boiler and add the sugar a little at a time until fully mixed. Then add the flour a little at a time, because otherwise you’ll edd up with a huge floury mess. Mix the butter and milk in a separate bowl and then add this mixture to the batter and stir. Bake in the preheated oven (350 degrees Fahrenheit) for 25-35 minutes.

Topping (Whipped Cream):

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
• 4 Tbsps sugar
• Various fruits (strawberries, peaches, cherries, and so on)

Mix together the cream and sugar and whip until stiff peaks form.

To Serve:

Cut a piece of cake and put a dollop of the topping on top of it and then put some fruit on top of that, we only used peaches but you can add other fruits as well. We also put a little bit of chocolate sauce on top of t

he cake and that made it taste better.

Overall:

It was easy to make but definitely not the best recipe, it tastes a little dry so you have to have a lot of topping and fruit to make it taste good; if I make this again I probably would find a different recipe to go off of. So it was fun to make one time but I don’t think I’ll make it again.