Product Information
- Brand: Miyabi Urushi Kogei
- Model: 4-Kin / 8-Kin / 10-Kin / 12-Kin
- Material: Natural wood (Magnolia obovata)
- Product type: Pastry Molds
- Country of origin: Japan
- 4-Kin/1-Sun: Inside dimensions (approx): 379x288x30 mm, Item weight (approx): 750 g, Shipping weight (approx): 750 g
- 4-Kin/1.5-Sun: Inside dimensions (approx): 379x288x45 mm, Item weight (approx): 1000 g, Shipping weight (approx): 1000 g
- 4-Kin/2.2-Sun: Inside dimensions (approx): 379x288x67 mm, Item weight (approx): 1600 g, Shipping weight (approx): 1600 g
- 8-Kin/1-Sun: Inside dimensions (approx): 561x379x30 mm, Item weight (approx): 900 g, Shipping weight (approx): 1700 g
- 8-Kin/1.5-Sun: Inside dimensions (approx): 561x379x45 mm, Item weight (approx): 1300 g, Shipping weight (approx): 2100 g
- 8-Kin/2.2-Sun: Inside dimensions (approx): 561x379x67 mm, Item weight (approx): 1800 g, Shipping weight (approx): 2600 g
- 10-Kin/1-Sun: Inside dimensions (approx): 561x470x30 mm, Item weight (approx): 900 g, Shipping weight (approx): 1700 g
- 10-Kin/1.5-Sun: Inside dimensions (approx): 561x470x45 mm, Item weight (approx): 1500 g, Shipping weight (approx): 2300 g
- 10-Kin/2.2-Sun: Inside dimensions (approx): 561x470x67 mm, Item weight (approx): 2100 g, Shipping weight (approx): 2900 g
- 12-Kin/1-Sun: Inside dimensions (approx): 561x561x30 mm, Item weight (approx): 2000 g, Shipping weight (approx): 2800 g
- 12-Kin/1.5-Sun: Inside dimensions (approx): 561x561x45 mm, Item weight (approx): 2300 g, Shipping weight (approx): 3100 g
- 12-Kin/2.2-Sun: Inside dimensions (approx): 561x561x67 mm, Item weight (approx): 2900 g, Shipping weight (approx): 3700 g
Key Features
- Professional bakery equipment.
- The wooden structure to bake cakes slowly is ideal for baking Japanese sponge cake Castella (Kasutera).
- The traditional Japanese unit of mass “Kin (斤)” is 600 grams. One castella sponge cake used to be sold as per 1-Kin (600 g). For example, 4-Kin is originally to make 4 castella cakes to be sold.
- The traditional Japanese unit of length “Sun (寸)” is 1⁄33 m (30.303 mm).
- Custom-sized frames are also available on a make-to-order basis. Please feel free to contact us for a quote and provide us with your preferred inside and outside dimensions.
Use & Care
- Please be aware that the height of one castella frame is very short, so that you will need 2 or 3 frames for baking. Choose frames for your preferred height.
- It is usually used 2 or 3 frames to bake a castella cake. Add a frame on the base frame in the middle of baking to prevent the growing cake from touching the baking steel cover.
- Use with some paper or baking paper as a tray.
Background
Miyabi Urushi Kogei Co Ltd is located in Kiso area, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
“Kiso is located along the upper reaches of the Kiso-gawa River in the southwest of Nagano, and at the border of Gifu. The whole valley area at the foot of Mt. Ontake-san is considered to be one of the most beautiful woods in Japan.”
– Japan National Tourism Organization