Japanese Pastry Course #1 Japanese Short Cake

Learn how to make the most popular dessert in Japan, basic techniques of baking sponge cake, frosting and decorating.

What you'll learn
Become an expert at baking amazing Japanese short cake which is the most popular cake in Japan!
Find the secret of baking the classic fluffy Japanese sponge cake.
Learn to make perfect whipped cream called "Crème Chantilly".
Learn techniques for frosting and decorating cakes.
How to cut the cake beautifully and serve it for your guest.
Requirements
Bring your passion for cooking!
A stand mixer or hand mixer will be necessary.
Some other small kitchen tools will be required, however most of them you may already have.
Description
What comes to  mind when you think of Japanese food?
Sushi, Tempura, Ramen, … But how about Japanese sweets?
Japanese strawberry shortcake is the most popular cake in Japan,You can find it in all cake shops along the streets here.If you ask Japanese people, "Please draw any kind of cake", everyone would draw this cake.
It’s made of soft and airy sponge cake layers, filled with freshly sliced strawberries in whipped cream.
It’s so good and everyone likes it.
It’s really simple, but it’s important to know some tips and techniques to create the perfect sponge cake and frost it with whipped cream.
In this course, you will learn how to bake an amazing light and fluffy textured sponge cake and how to decorate the cake beautifully with frosting.
I’m going to show you every single step even some small tips, so you will get the hang of it.
For this lesson, I will use the professional recipe but you can make it at home.
Hope you enjoy baking with me!

Overview

Section 1: はじめに

Lecture 1 Introduction to INDY ASSA Japan - Wellcome!

Section 2: Before baking…

Lecture 2 Ingredients

Lecture 3 Preparation

Section 3: Japanese sponge cake

Lecture 4 Whisking the egg

Lecture 5 Adding the flour

Lecture 6 Adding the butter and milk

Lecture 7 Baking and slicing

Section 4: Frosting and Decorating the cake

Lecture 8 Preparing for the filling

Lecture 9 Placing the whipped cream and strawberries

Lecture 10 Frosting the cake

Lecture 11 Tips for frosting

Lecture 12 Before the decoration…

Lecture 13 How to use a piping bag

Lecture 14 Decorating Ideas

Lecture 15 How to cut the cake beautifully

Section 5: Dessert Ideas

Lecture 16 Scoop Cake

Lecture 17 Strawberry Parfaits!

Lecture 18 Chocolate sponge cake

Lecture 19 Swiss roll

Lecture 20 Arigato! Thank you very much!

For baking lovers, sweets lovers, Japanese food lovers…for everyone!