Today's article is for green tea lovers: a green tea cake recipe packed with rich matcha flavour that's easy to practise and perfect for treating someone special who lives for green tea. Let's see the recipe.
Green tea cake comes as cupcakes, soft-topped cakes or large chiffon cakes. If you want to try making it yourself, don't miss this, because MK Unigroup has a green tea cake recipe for you. Make it for a special occasion or just for yourself. It's intensely green-tea flavoured and easy to make, sure to delight someone special.
Green Tea Cake Recipe
If you'd like to make a green tea cake as a birthday gift, grab a pen and note down this recipe from the Facebook page Baking Glory. It's a fluffy, soft green cake that pairs beautifully with fresh cream. Bake it in muffin cups or as a pound cake, whichever suits you.
Dry Ingredients
- 1/2 cup cake flour (sifted)
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp green tea powder
- 1/8 tsp fine salt
- 1/4 cup sugar (portion 1)
Egg Yolk Mixture
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 tbsp tea seed oil (or vegetable oil)
- 2 tbsp water
Egg White Mixture
- 2 egg whites
- 1/3 cup sugar (portion 2)
- A little green food colouring (optional)
- Fresh cream (for decorating)
How to Make Green Tea Cake
- Dry mixture: sift the cake flour with the baking powder, green tea powder and salt, then add sugar portion 1 and set aside.
- Egg yolk mixture: beat the egg yolks, oil and water together and set aside.
- Egg white mixture: whisk the egg whites with sugar portion 2 until stiff peaks form. (Tip: the bowl must be clean and dry, or the egg whites won't whip up.)
- Mix the yolk mixture into the dry mixture and stir until smooth with no lumps of green tea. Add a little green food colouring, then fold into the egg whites until just combined. Pour into a tin and bake at 175°C for about 30 minutes. (Tip: baking time depends on the tin size; tiny cups take about 20 minutes. Keep an eye on it and test with a toothpick: if it comes out clean, the cake is done. Don't overbake or the cake will be dry.)
- Slice the baked green tea cake in half, spread with whipped cream as you like and dust with green tea powder before serving.
Tip: personally, we suggest adding a little vanilla to the topping for extra sweetness and aroma, as green tea alone can taste rather grassy. You can also decorate with green tea Pocky. Dust with green tea powder just before serving, as it gives the best colour; if dusted too early, it darkens from the moisture.
Want to make a green tea cake? Give our recipe a try. Make it for yourself or to surprise someone you love on a special occasion. Green tea lovers are sure to be delighted.
