Castella from Japan

My best friend is expected to deliver a boy in this next a couple of days.
And her mum came from Japan to help her with sweets gift for us.
Baumkuchen and Castella(the first photo)!!
Castella is is a popular Japanese sponge cake originally came from Portuguese and made of sugar, flour, eggs, and starch syrup.

Japanese sweets are so precise and very gentle taste!!
Absolutely loved it!!!!!!!