What is “Oshu Potato”? Sweet potato cake with a smooth texture that are popular on TV and magazines!
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Today, I would like to introduce Fleur Kikuya’s “Oshu potato“. It’s moist sweet potato cake which is popular from children to adults.
- What is Fleur Kikuya?
- What is “Oshu Potato”? Sweet potato cake with a smooth texture that are popular on TV and magazines!
- Where can I buy Oshu Potato?
What is Fleur Kikuya?
Fleur Kikuya is a long-established sweets shop founded in 1952 with its head office in Maesawa, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture.
The sweets sold at Fleur Kikuya have a feeling of hometown Oshu. One of the features is that it try to make local sweets using locally produced ingredients. As of May 2020, it have 11 shops in Iwate prefecture to sell sweets that feel hometown.
There are a lot of delicious sweets such as “Sandaisugi” which ganache chocolate in the middle of Baumkuchen and sandwiched with cookies on both sides, “Honey pudding” using Oshu honey, and “Apple pie” using high quality Iwate apples ,etc.
Among them, “Oshu potato” is especially popular and has been praised by TV and magazines.
What is “Oshu Potato”? Sweet potato cake with a smooth texture that are popular on TV and magazines!
“Oshu potato” is a major sweet of Fleur Kikuya which is a sweet potato cake with a smooth texture.
The dough is soft and smooth to the touch, and it goes great with the cream wrapped in it, those make it a delicious sweet potato cake with a mild sweetness.
It has a wide range of popularity from children to adults, and it looks cute and is perfect as a souvenir.
There is a secret in the deliciousness of such Oshu potato.
| ①It use King of sweet potato “Naruto Kintoki” |
| ②The secret of the moist feeling is “fresh cream”! |
It use King of sweet potato “Naruto Kintoki”
Naruto Kintoki is said the king of sweet potato and is known for having a very high sugar content needed to make delicious sweet potato cake.
By using Naruto Kintoki, Oshu potato has become sweet potato cake with a natural sweetness that utilizes the original sweetness of sweet potato.
The secret of the moist feeling is “fresh cream”!
Oshu potato has a moist and smooth texture compared to ordinary sweet potato cake. The fresh cream kneaded into the dough creates that texture.
By adding high quality fresh cream to the dough, it will have a moist and smooth texture even after baking at high temperature.
What is Fleur Kikuya?
We can buy Oshu potato at Fleur Kikuya shops in Iwate prefecture. In addition, if you live in Japan, you can purchase not only Oshu potato but also Fleur Kikuya sweets at the online shop.
You should eat Oshu Potato!