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July 1, 2020

【Slow TV】Taiwanese Jiggly Sponge Cake 台灣古早味蛋糕

Filed under: Basics,Cakes & Cupcakes,Cooking Videos — SeaDragon @ 1:00 pm

In the past couple of years, something called Jiggly Cake has been making the rounds on social media. Actually it is not something new, someone has just come up with a catchy English name for the traditional sponge cake from Taiwan which in Chinese is 古早味蛋糕, meaning traditional flavoured cake. It is also known as Pillow Cake (枕頭蛋糕) because it is soft and fluffy! Now you might think that was it, but it has a history linking back to Japan and Portugal, because this cake is also known as Taiwanese Castella Cake.

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