Name: Shibuya Honey Brick Toast Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 18 min
Ingredients: 1/2 loaf of 5-inch thick unsliced sandwich bread (10 cm thick); 1/3 cup unsalted butter (softened (76g)); ¼ cup granulated sugar (50g; 4 tablespoons); 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 2-3 strawberries and blackberries (or you can use sliced bananas); 2 scoops vanilla ice cream; 2 wafer sticks for decoration (optional)

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When I first heard the name Shibuya Honey Toast, I immediately thought of something that looked or tasted like French toast, but with maybe a cherry blossom, dragonfly, or carp on them. However, what it is, is a far more delightful food that you eat like a dessert.

Shibuya Honey Toast - Turn an ordinary toast into a delicious and attractive lighter dessert your friends and family will love. — Turn an ordinary toast into a delicious dessert your family will love.

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Of course, you could eat it for breakfast, but you can also eat cold pizza and candy for breakfast, even though that's not normally done. Japanese cuisine is known for the decorative presentation and Shibuya honey toast is no exception.

It's a delightful way to make a simple dessert far more elegant. It's also very yummy and that's extremely important too. You can try these Japanese Soufflé Pancakes or Croque Madame (a classic French sandwich) or perhaps these Cinnamon French Toast sticks for breakfast as well.

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Ingredients

- ½ loaf of 5-inch thick unsliced sandwich bread 10 cm thick

For the Butter Brush:

- ⅓ cup unsalted butter softened (76g)
- ¼ cup granulated sugar 50g; 4 tablespoons
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Garnish:

2-3 strawberries and blackberries or you can use sliced bananas
2 scoops of vanilla ice cream
2 wafer sticks for decoration optional

Step by step instructions

For the Bread Bricks:

① Slice 5-inch thick unsliced sandwich bread in half. Then cut out a square: make 2 incisions vertically on top and another 2 incisions horizontally.

Make sure to leave about 1 inch from the edges and bottom of the bread. It should look like a container. Now set aside the cut bread and cut the rest into small cubes.

② For the other brick, just cut out a square leaving 1 inch from the edges. Now set aside the 2 bricks. And cut the rest into small cubes.

For the Butter:

③ In a mixing bowl of ⅓ cup of softened unsalted butter, add in ¼ cup of granulated sugar and 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract. And whisk until homogeneous.
④ Spread the butter mixture inside of the bricks and also spread on all the small cubes.

Now for the Baking Part:

⑤ Preheat oven to 360 degrees F. (180C.), and put the bread for about 8 minutes, or until golden brown.

Assemble and Garnish:

⑥ Fill the inside of the brick with the bottom using bread cubes and banana slices (you can add any fruit of your choice).
⑦ Drizzle the honey on top. And place the hollow brick over the first brick, twisting slightly. And again fill it with bread cubes and fruit slices.
⑧ Place 2-3 scoops of ice cream on top. And drizzle honey all over. And don’t forget to serve with a steak knife or a small bread knife.

Extra Tips

① You need to start with a loaf of uncut bread to make this dish. The magic of the dish is the carving of the bread and the re-assembly. It's simple but still looks like a work of art.

② You need a loaf of unsliced bread that's at least five inches long. Cut that in half, then make incisions across each side one inch from the center. On one side, preferably the one with the bottom crust, don't go all the way through but stop about an inch from the bottom.

You need a loaf of un-sliced bread that’s at least five inches long. Cut that in half, then make incisions across each side one inch from the center. In one side, preferably the one with the bottom crust, don’t go all the way through, but stop about an inch from the bottom. — To make this brick toast - cut the bread in half, then make an incision across each side

③ In order to get the inside out of the other loaf, start at an inch from the bottom, slicing the bread horizontally one inch from each side, leaving the bottom on but allowing you to pull the square of bread from the center, leaving a square “container.”

In order to get the inside out of the other loaf, start at an inch from the bottom, slicing the bread horizontally one inch from each side, leaving the bottom on but allowing you to pull the square of bread from the center, leaving a square “container.” — Slice the brick toast horizontally one inch from each side

④ Cut the squares you cut from the bread into even smaller squares. Whisk together butter, sugar, and vanilla until mixed well and spread on all sides of the bread squares and the inside and top of the bread frames you created.

Bake in a preheated 360-degree oven until golden brown.

This is a delicious and attractive lighter dessert your friends and family will love.

Cut the squares you cut from the bread into even smaller squares. Whisk together butter, sugar, and vanilla until mixed well and spread on all sides of the bread squares and the inside and top of the bread frames you created. Bake in a preheated 360-degree oven until golden brown. — a thick dense toast assembled into a large brick piled with sweet toppings

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Shibuya Honey Brick Toast Recipe

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Shibuya Honey Toast - Turn an ordinary toast into a delicious and attractive lighter dessert your friends and family will love.

Servings:

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 8

Total Time 18