Matcha (Green Tea) Cake: Ingredients Grams Percentage
Matcha (Green Tea) Cake: Ingredients Grams Percentage
Matcha (Green Tea) Cake: Ingredients Grams Percentage
Whipped Cream:
9 Diary Cream (Chilled) 200 500.00%
10 Green Tea Powder 5 12.50%
500 1250.00%
5 grams green tea powder, add 20 grams boiling water, add 30 grams room
temperature water, mix thoroughly, set aside to cool down.
2. Preheat oven to 160°C. Measure ingredients for cake and prepare green tea as
detailed above.
3. Whisk 10 g castor sugar with egg yolks till dissolved. Add corn oil. Whisk till
just combined. Add green tea. Whisk will just thoroughly mixed. Sift cake flour into
mixture. Whisk till just thoroughly mixed but small lumps are still visible.
4. Separately whisk egg whites till frothy. Add cream of tartar. Whisk till thick foam forms.
Gradually add 45 g castor sugar whilst still whisking. Continue to whisk till firm peak
stage.
5. Thoroughly whisk yolk mixture, which should be smooth now. Add half of egg whites.
Mix with whisk till almost even. Add remaining egg whites. Mix with whisk till almost
even. Scrape down and fold with spatula till just evenly mixed, banging mixing bowl
against worktop 2-3 times.
6. Pour batter into 20 x 12 x 7.5 cm cake pan, slowly and from about 30 cm high. Jiggle
pan till batter is level.
7. Place cake pan holding batter in 23 x 15 cm cake pan. Tuck cardboard between 2
pans. Bake till middle of cake doesn't make squishing sound when pressed gently,
about 55 minutes.
8. Remove pans from oven. Remove cardboard and outer pan. Drop pan holding cake
fromabout 30 cm high, 2-3 times. Invert pan onto wire rack. Leave till just cool.
9. As soon as cake is cool, slide knife along sides of pan. Unmould cake. Discard both
layers of parchment paper.
10. To make whipped cream, whisk cream till just thick enough to hold its shape. Add
green tea powder. Whisk till evenly mixed and cream is dead stiff.
11. To assemble, cut cake horizontally with serrated knife or cake slicer into 2 equal
halves.Set aside bottom half of cake. Invert top half so that cut side faces up. Spread
with half of whipped cream. Top with remaining half of cake, cut side down. Spread with
remaining whipped cream. Smooth top. Trim about 1 cm from 4 edges.
12. Transfer cake to serving plate. Refrigerate till ready to serve. Enjoy trimmings whilst
waiting.