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Thursday, 20 February 2014

Hiding Antioxidants - in Cake!

I felt a little mischievous the other afternoon.  A friend of mine had been to the States and she brought me back a couple of cake mixes.  Plus I was wanting to try adding some Matcha green tea to a cake so guess what?? .... that's right!


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?
 
 

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14 comments:

  1. Unknown20 February 2014 at 23:36

    Nawwww... just ask how their skin is feeling in a couple of days, remarking how young they look ;D

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  2. Heidi Roberts20 February 2014 at 23:46

    I have started having some Match green tea every morning for a week now. In apple juice it tastes quite nice!

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  3. Sylvia F.21 February 2014 at 12:04

    I have to try matcha tea! I've heard of it before but never tried, it looks super yum with cake!

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    1. Heidi Roberts21 February 2014 at 22:29

      I am trying to drink it everyday, haven't seen any difference yet but I will keep trying!

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  4. Karen S Booth21 February 2014 at 15:46

    I 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!

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    1. Heidi Roberts21 February 2014 at 22:30

      I don't use the mixes often but the American ones are sometimes quite good. The tea gave it a really unusual flavour.

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  5. Choclette21 February 2014 at 20:19

    I 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.

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    1. Heidi Roberts21 February 2014 at 22:31

      I want to try it in different things too, will defo use it in a cake again, maybe a sticky lemon cake with Matcha!

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  6. fiona maclean22 February 2014 at 17:29

    I like matcha tea, never tried cooking with it, though I have seen other recipes.

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  7. Heidi Roberts23 February 2014 at 21:47

    I want to try it again in another cake, perhaps one with lemon! I do like drinking it each morning though.

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  8. Unknown24 February 2014 at 13:16

    I 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.

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  9. Heidi Roberts24 February 2014 at 19:16

    I have started drinking some in apple juice every morning. Don't know if it is doing me any good but it tastes nice!!

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  10. Unknown25 February 2014 at 18:44

    What fun!
    Janie x

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  11. Heidi Roberts25 February 2014 at 22:30

    Tasted good too!

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