I combined the dry cake mix with 1.5 tsp of the Matcha green tea. The tea is known to have amazing anti-oxidants properties (A post about the Matcha tea will follow soon).
Added 3 large eggs, 1 cup water and 1/3 cup vegetable oil. Pour evenly into two ready greased 8" cake pans and bake for about 25-30 minutes. Leave to cool in the pans for about 5 minutes then turn out onto wire rack to cool completely.
To ice the cake I mixed 250gm unsalted butter (softened at room temperature) with 500gm sifted icing sugar and 1.5 tsp Matcha green tea powder. When thoroughly mixed I added 2 Tablespoons marcapone cheese and mixed in.
I was surprised at the dullness of the colour of the finished cake and icing as the green tea powder is such a bright green!
What is certain is the girls I work with really loved the taste, subtle banana with a background flavour no one was able to identify! Shall I tell them or not?
Nawwww... just ask how their skin is feeling in a couple of days, remarking how young they look ;D
ReplyDeleteI have started having some Match green tea every morning for a week now. In apple juice it tastes quite nice!
ReplyDeleteI have to try matcha tea! I've heard of it before but never tried, it looks super yum with cake!
ReplyDeleteI am trying to drink it everyday, haven't seen any difference yet but I will keep trying!
DeleteI am not a cake mix person Heidi, but I do remember liking several flavours when I lived in the States! LOVE your matcha tea addition here!
ReplyDeleteI don't use the mixes often but the American ones are sometimes quite good. The tea gave it a really unusual flavour.
DeleteI bake a lot with matcha, love the flavour it gives to cakes and biscuits. I also have it regularly in smoothies and drink it as a tea too. Your totally green cake looks fun.
ReplyDeleteI want to try it in different things too, will defo use it in a cake again, maybe a sticky lemon cake with Matcha!
DeleteI like matcha tea, never tried cooking with it, though I have seen other recipes.
ReplyDeleteI want to try it again in another cake, perhaps one with lemon! I do like drinking it each morning though.
ReplyDeleteI would love to get my hands on matcha tea. Have a filthy habit of drinking coffee every morning and would like to switch to matcha instead.
ReplyDeleteI have started drinking some in apple juice every morning. Don't know if it is doing me any good but it tastes nice!!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun!
ReplyDeleteJanie x
Tasted good too!
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