Baking in Your Rice Cooker: Apple-Nut Cake

For those of us who love to bake, Japan’s lack of full-size ovens for domestic use is somewhat of a downer.  But never fear, readers!  You can make cakes, bread, pastries and all manner of delicious things in your rice cooker!

I have a wonderful cook book called Make Delicious Sweets and Fluffy Bread in Your Rice Cooker (『炊飯器でおいしいお菓子とふっくらパン』), which you may have seen at orientation. It’s available for only 890 yen on amazon.co.jp. All the recipes are in Japanese, and the only English in the book is the translations of the names of the cakes. “But I don’t read Japanese well enough to cook!” you may fret.  Well, today, it is my pleasure to share with you my translation (and notes!) for “Apple Nuts Cake” (pp. 6-7).

Fall is in the air! Try an apple-nut cake!

Click the link for the recipe!