Amazing cake with earthy ,grassy flavours of green tea and creamy frosting on it.
What is matcha:
What is Matcha? Matcha is a Japanese green tea made with leaves. It is more beneficial and comforting then a normal tea.It contain earthy,grassy, a bit bitter and a little bit umami flavours in it. The excessive use of matcha make the person addict to it and as a result the person will get insomia and othe this type of issues, so two cups are enough for a day. It mostly comes in powder form.
Matcha cake:
Today we are making Matcha cake by using matcha tea powder , like other cakes matcha cake is also very famous worldwide it contains amazing flavours in it.Making matcha cake is a little bit tricky but i will show you in simple steps so you can also enjoy amazing and incredible flavours of nature.
ingredients:
- for sponge:
- Egg 100g (about 2 eggs)
- granulated sugar 70g
- Cake flour 55g
- Matcha powder 5g
- Milk 15g or 1 Tbsp
- Oil 15g or about 1 Tbsp
- for icing:
- 120 g (1/2 cup) whipping cream
- 25 g (2 tbsp) white granulated sugar
- 1 tsp matcha powder
- replace sugar syrup with simple match tea to make the cake more moist
how to make it:
batter making:
to make the sponge take a bowl add in eggs and sugar and mix well with hand whisk now place it on simmering water until it get warm dont boil the water prevent the eggs for cooking. we are using this method to improve the whipping quality of eggs now place them in hand mixer and beat until it gets form and it get shiny.Now add your flour and matcha powder and mix with spatula make sure there should be no lums left.Now add milk and oil and mix it well.
baking:
take a baking pan grease it properly and add the batter ,preheat the oven at 180 C and bake it for 20 to 25 minutes until done take it out and cool it.
frosting:
Make frosting or icing by cooling and whipping the heavy cream add in matcha powder and icing sugar and whip until its ready to apply.
Final steps:
take the cake cut it into half moist it with matcha tea and apply the frosting according to your artistic skills and that,s it cut a slice and decorate it and it,s ready to enjoy.
Its benifits:
- it works as energy booster it contain mild amount of caffeine in it.
- it also gives calm and relaxing feeling.
- high antioxidants
- good for heart and liver
- helps in weight loss and skin care