• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Beyond Sweet and Savory

food and life through our lens

  • Home
  • Recipe Index
  • Recipe Search
  • About
  • Press
  • Work with Me
  • Cookbook Review
  • San Diego City Guide

Shibuya honey toast

Passion fruit matcha Japanese brick toast

April 14, 2019 by vytran24 Leave a Comment

This post was sponsored by Eagle Brand®. All opinions are my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that make Beyond Sweet and Savory possible.

Sunday is baking day at our house.  The kids and I usually spend the afternoon whipping up a fun treat like cookies, brownies, or a simple cake.  For us, it’s about spending time together and making memories. This Sunday, we decided to tackle something that’s been on our list for a while–Shibuya honey toast, also known as Japanese brick toast since we discovered it at Up2You Cafe a few months ago. I’m so excited to partner with Eagle Brand® to show you how to make this delectable dessert from the comfort of your own home. Our version of Japanese brick toast utilized some fun ingredients like passion fruit, Eagle Brand® Squeeze Sweetened Condensed Milk, and matcha. I’ll let you in early on my secret for making this dessert- purchase the squeeze bottle of Eagle Brand® for a mess-free and seamless baking experience.

If you haven’t heard of Shibuya honey toast, you’re in for a treat!  It’s one of the most drool worthy desserts in Japan today. This over-the-top architectural dessert originated in the Shibuya District in Tokyo but has become so popular in tea shops all over Japan, Taiwan, and Singapore. Even though Japanese brick toast looks like an elegant dessert that has people thinking you slaved away many hours creating, it’s deceptively simple to make. Get the whole family together and it will take less than 15 minutes to pull off this spectacular dessert.

To make Japanese brick toast, start with the fluffiest white bread you can find.  The hardest step is to make a square bread bowl from the end of a loaf of bread. I cut about 4 inches off the bread and used a knife to carve out a square from the crustless side, leaving a half inch border.  

Next I cut the pulled out square into bite sized cubes.  Then the cubes are brushed with butter and a drizzle of honey and toasted for about 12-15 minutes at 350 degrees F until slightly golden brown and crispy.

After baking, I squeezed about 2 tablespoons of Eagle Brand® sweetened condensed milk in the toasted bread box and brushed all sides with it. Feel free to add more if you love sweetened condensed milk. Having Eagle Brand® sweetened condensed milk in a squeezable bottle makes baking so much easier! Find a store near you that has the squeeze bottle here!

Once the toasted bread box is moistened with sweetened condensed milk, get all your fillings together and have everyone add their favorite ingredients.  The possibilities are endless–your favorite fruits, ice cream, chocolate, cookies, candies, or nuts.

We filled our Japanese brick toast with a mixture of toasted bread cubes, fresh strawberries, then topped it with matcha ice cream, matcha biscuit sticks, and macarons.

I also created a delicious sauce with Eagle Brand® sweetened condensed milk and passion fruit pulp. Made with just pure milk and sugar, Eagle Brand® sweetened condensed milk has the perfect sweetness that balanced the tartness of the passion fruit and formed an amazing sauce which tied everything together.

Imagine taking a bite of toasty bread with matcha ice cream, fresh strawberries, and a delicious sweetened passion fruit sauce!  Your taste buds will thank you for a tsunami of flavors!

Treats like this Japanese brick toast are fuss-free and fun to serve, leaving you with less time spent in the kitchen and more time with your family. The best part is you can create this delectable treat from the comfort of your own kitchen, without an expensive trip to Japan!

If you try this recipe, please let us know how you like it! Leave a comment, rate it, and don’t forget to tag a photo #beyondsweetandsavory on Instagram.  We truly appreciate your feedback and incorporate them to continually improve our recipes.

5 from 6 votes
Print
Passion fruit matcha Japanese brick toast
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
30 mins
 
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Japanese
Keyword: Japanese brick toast, matcha, Passion fruit, Shibuya honey toast
Servings: 2 servings
Ingredients
  • 1 4-inch slab of soft, unsliced fluffy white bread, cut from the end of the loaf
  • 4 tbsps unsalted butter, melted
  • 2 tbsps honey plus extra for serving
  • 4 tbsps Eagle Brand® Squeeze Sweetened Condensed Milk
  • 2 tbsps fresh passion fruit pulp
  • 6 ounces organic strawberries, hulled and halved
  • 2 scoops of matcha ice cream
  • 1/2 tbsp matcha powder for garnish
  • Assorted cookies for garnish (macarons, pocky sticks, etc)
Instructions
  1. Cut off about 4 inches from the end of a loaf of white bread.

  2. Use a knife and carve out a square from the center of the bread, leaving a half inch border on all four sides and at the bottom crust.

  3. Use your fingers to pull out the cube and cut it into bite-sized pieces.

  4. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

  5. Spread the pieces and the bread box on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.

  6. Brush all sides with melted butter.

  7. Drizzle honey over the bread cubes.

  8. Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes until slightly golden and crispy, turning the pieces half way through baking so they brown evenly.

  9. Let the bread box and cubes cool enough to handle, about 5 minutes.

  10. Squeeze about 2 tablespoons of sweetened condensed milk inside the bread box and brush all sides so that they’re moistened with it.

  11. In a small sauce bowl, whisk together the sweetened condensed milk and passion fruit pulp.

  12. Put the bread box on a serving plate. Fill the box with toasted bread cubes and strawberries. Top the bread box with ice cream and garnish with cookies and fresh strawberries.  

  13. Drizzle the passion fruit mixture and honey over the bread box and dust it lightly with matcha powder and serve immediately.

Filed Under: Dessert, Japanese cuisine Tagged With: honey toast, Japanese brick toast, Japanese cuisine, Japanese dessert, matcha, passion fruit, Shibuya honey toast

Primary Sidebar

Stay Connected

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Recent Posts

  • Fennel roasted pork belly with cider apples
  • Cardamom espresso hot chocolate
  • Easy sweet potato pie
  • Pumpkin olive oil bundt cake with salted caramel glaze
  • Roasted carrot and cashew soup with feta
  • Dukkah crusted eggs with hummus and flatbread

Archives

  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • September 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • August 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • September 2014
  • July 2014
  • June 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • August 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • November 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012
  • January 2012
  • December 2011
  • November 2011
  • October 2011

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Copyright © 2019 · Foodie Pro & The Genesis Framework