Description
Easy Matcha Cake with fluffy crumb, creamy mascarpone frosting, and earthy green tea flavor. A café-style dessert made simple.
Ingredients
270 g (2 ¼ cups) all-purpose flour
250 g (1 ¼ cups) granulated sugar
12 g (2 tbsp) matcha powder
1 tbsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
113 g (8 tbsp) unsalted butter, room temp
100 g (½ cup) neutral oil
340 g (1 ½ cups) whole milk, room temp
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 egg whites
227 g (8 oz) mascarpone, cold
200 g (1 cup) granulated sugar
227 g (1 cup) heavy cream, cold
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9” square pan with parchment.
2. Soak cake strips in ice water.
3. Mix flour, sugar, matcha, baking powder, and salt.
4. Cut butter into cubes and blend until sandy.
5. Add oil, milk, vanilla. Mix until combined.
6. Whip egg whites to medium peaks, fold in gently.
7. Pour batter into pan. Wrap cake strips around pan.
8. Bake 35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
9. Cool completely on a rack.
10. Beat mascarpone and sugar until smooth.
11. Add cream, whip until thick.
12. Frost cooled cake, dust with matcha. Slice and serve.
Notes
Use cold mascarpone & cream for structure.
Do not overwhip egg whites.
Cake strips help keep layers flat.
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Cake
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 723
- Sugar: 53g
- Sodium: 325mg
- Fat: 43g
- Saturated Fat: 22g
- Unsaturated Fat: 15g
- Trans Fat: 0.5g
- Carbohydrates: 76g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 9g
- Cholesterol: 85mg