Steamed Cake with Sweet Potatoes

Name: Steamed Cake with Sweet Potatoes (Mushi-kasutera)
Yield: Serves four
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 4 eggs, beaten; 150 g/5 oz sweet potatoes; 45 ml/3 tbsp sweetened condensed milk; 200 g/7 oz/scant 2 cups plain (all-purpose) flour; 40 g/1½ oz shiro miso; 2.5 ml/½ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 10 ml/2 tsp cream of tartar; 30 ml/2 tbsp melted butter; 140 g/4¾ oz/scant ¾ cup caster (superfine) sugar

Mushi-kasutera

Preparation info

Serves
four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Japanese Cookbook

By Emi Kazuko and Yasuko Fukuoka

Published 2024

About

This soft steamed cake, known as Mushi-kasutera, is not too sweet, and can be eaten like bread. The secret is a little miso, which adds a subtle saltiness to the cake.

Ingredients

200 g/7 oz/scant 2 cups plain (all-purpose) flour
140

Asia
Japan
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Sift the flour and the sugar together into a large mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, beat the condensed milk, eggs and shiro miso together to make a smooth cream. Add to the flour and mix well. Cover the bowl with clear film (plastic wrap) and leave to rest for 1 hour.