

Sake Kasu Cake with Orange Blossom Sugar and Ginger Whipped Cream
Ingredients
Sake Kasu Cake
Cake Ingredients in order of use:
40 g sake kasu (All of what we give you!)
185 g warm water (105 Degrees F)
225 g (2 sticks) unsalted butter cool, but soft to the touch
8 g (2 tsp) Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt OR 8 g (1 tsp) of table salt
455 g (2 Packed Cups) Sugar, Granulated
4 ½ tsp baking powder
3 large eggs at room temperature
½ oz vanilla ( 1 tbsp)
230 g (1 Cup) heavy whipping cream brought to room temperature
455 g all purpose flour
Orange Blossom Sugar
2 tbsp large grained sugar (such as Demerara)
2-3 drops Orange Blossom Water (Cortas or similar brand)
Ginger Whipped Cream
1 cup chilled heavy whipping cream
½ tsp ground ginger
1 tbsp honey
Directions
For the Orange Blossom Sugar...
- Put the sugar into a ziploc bag or small sealable container
- Add 2-3 drops of the Orange Blossom Water
- Seal the bag/container and shake to incorporate, then set aside.
For Sake Kasu Cake...
- Stir the sake kasu into the warm water until dissolved, scraping/smooshing the kasu against the side of the bowl to dissolve clumps until just small rice grains remain. Use a fine mesh sieve to strain remaining rice grains out of the dissolved kasu liquid and keep the sake kasu rice grains for later. Put the dissolved kasu into the fridge to cool to room temperature.
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Preheat the oven to 350°F and prepare a 8 ½ inch x 4 ½ inch loaf pan by greasing it, and lining it with a piece of parchment paper large enough to cover the bottom of the pan and hang over the width of the pan. The recipe yields 2 loaves of cake, but if you do not have two pans the batter can be left at room temperature while the cake bakes.
- Prepare a stand mixer with the paddle attachment. Add the butter to the bowl, followed by the salt, sugar, and baking powder. Start on low to bring all the ingredients together, then increase the speed slowly. Pause after 2 minutes of mixing at medium speed to use a flexible spatula to scrape down the sides of the bowl. The mixture should become lighter in color and fluffy after about 5 minutes.
- With the mixer on medium, incorporate the eggs one at a time. Wait until each egg has been fully mixed into the batter before adding the next egg. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, then turn on the mixer and add the vanilla slowly. NOTE: WOW THIS PART IS BEAUTIFUL. That sounds dorky but really… the way the mixture changes is so fun to watch.
- Combine the heavy cream and the dissolved kasu into a small, pourable cup or bowl and stir until both liquids are evenly incorporated. Try your best not to drink any kasu cream... we dare you to not drink any *wink*
- Reduce the mixer speed to low, and add ⅓ of the flour then mix, followed by ⅓ of the kasu and cream mixture and repeat until both ingredients have been fully added to the batter. Add the reserved kasu rice grains. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix the batter on medium for 3 seconds.
- Add half of the batter to the prepared loaf pan. By weight it will be about 844 g of batter. Alyssa ate too much batter and hers weighed out to be 809 g per loaf.
- Sprinkle approximately half of the orange blossom sugar onto the batter in the pan.
- Bake until risen and golden brown, about 1 hour. Use a toothpick to check for doneness, if inserted into the cake and it comes out clean, the cake is done.
- Before baking the second loaf, let the cake cool for at least 20 minutes in the pan before moving it to a cooling rack.
For Ginger Honey Whipped Cream...
- Add honey to chilled cream and whip until soft peaks form
- Add ground ginger to soft cream and whip until stiff peaks form.
- Set aside until cake is cooled and ready to serve
(Adapted from Bravetart’s Classic Vanilla Butter Cake)