Japanese red bean cake

Japanese red bean cake garnished with (over ripe) raspberries

you can see the red bean bits in the cake

yesterday, after our trip to San Jose in the morning, HL went to play his first 18 hole golf game at Stanford's golf course with his buddies, Hide and Ben, while i spent time with Hide's wife, Yuki, and we baked a cake together, and chatted over English tea and swiss roll.

Yuki is one of the loveliest girls i have ever known, and she is really good at baking and arts and crafts (her apt is adorned with all these shadow box frames that she did, and I have seen and tasted some of her cake/dessert creations before).

I am getting this recipe from her and hope to make in Singapore. :)