Soy Milk Chiffon Cake is a signature sweet from Hakodate Otafukudo, a confectionery shop located near Goryokaku in Hakodate. Made with soy milk from premium-quality Hokkaido soybeans, this chiffon cake is wonderfully light, fluffy, and moist, with a gentle sweetness that makes it easy to enjoy.
The cake uses soy milk made from Toyomasari soybeans grown in Hokkaido. This variety is known for its naturally sweet soybean flavor, which gives the soy milk a mellow and distinctive character.
Hakodate Otafukudo uses a generous amount of this soy milk, pushing the recipe to the limit while maintaining the delicate structure of the cake. The result is a soft, fluffy, and moist texture with a subtle soybean aroma.
The cake has a restrained sweetness and a clean flavor that does not become tiring, making it suitable for enjoying with tea or coffee or simply on its own.
In addition to the Hokkaido soy milk, Hokkaido wheat flour and egg whites are used. No preservatives or chemical leavening agents are added, keeping both the ingredients and preparation method simple.
Hakodate Otafukudo also creates variations using fresh ingredients from the area around Hakodate and seasonal flavors. Examples include Sweet Potato Chiffon and Sakura Chiffon, offering different tastes throughout the year.
Soy Milk Chiffon Cake is loved by local residents as well as visitors looking for a distinctive souvenir from Hakodate. Its combination of a light texture, gentle sweetness, and the natural flavor of Hokkaido soybeans makes it an approachable Japanese cake with a distinctly local character.
For travelers exploring the area around Goryokaku, it is a delicious way to discover a different side of Hakodate’s confectionery culture.