Kaga no Tsuki Sake Cake

Pound cake made with pure rice ginjo sake from Ishikawa Prefecture and gold leaf

“Kaga no Tsuki Sake Cake”, made by a collaboration between Kaketsu Sake Brewery and a confectionery studio Tsukitowa in Ishikawa Prefecture, is a pound cake using sake.  The brewery’s “Mangetsu,” a Junmai Ginjo sake of the famous “Kaga no Tsuki” is used for this extravagant cake.

A drunken rabbit is printed on the package, and he is wearing a tie hachimaki, which is funny lol. Junmai Ginjo-shu “Mangetsu” is said to be Ishikawa’s pride and joy, made only from polished rice produced there.

It has a moist texture and a soft, fruity aroma of sake.

Some gold leaf is sprinkled on the top.  Using such traditional gold leaf for sweets sounds very representative of Ishikawa Prefecture.

The cake batter is soaked in sake more thoroughly than expected and has a very moist texture. The cake has an elegant flavor with a gorgeous aroma and a soft sweetness.