7 Miso Castella

A Sponge cake created with a collaboration of three very long-established companies

The “7 miso Castella” made by Futabado, founded in 1804 in Suzaka City, Nagano Prefecture, is an ambitious product created through a three-way collaboration with Yawataya Isogorou, a manufacturer of seven spices,  and Suya Kame, a long-established Shinshu miso maker there.

What a novel concept: mixing Shinshu miso and shichimi togarashi (seven spice chili paper) and kneaded into a sponge cake. By the way, everyone has probably seen Hachimanya Isogoro’s shichimi togarashi at least once. It is the famous 7 spice chili pepper in Shinshu that comes in a small can with a stylish design. That miniature can is also a great souvenir of Shinshu area.

It is created with a collaboration of two very long-established makers with a very long history and an amazing works.

Seeing a cross-section of the Castella,  and it contains a lot more seven-spice chili peppers than expected.

We can see the chili peppers firmly inside the sponge cake dough, very new ot us.

The sponge cake dough softly has the aroma of miso paste, and each bite is alternately sweet and spicy. The unique flavor of the miso and the seven spices are mixed together. It is a surely good souvenir.