Easy Matcha Cakes
Learn how to make the best matcha cake with this easy recipe. The green tea cakes are made with matcha powder and topped with white chocolate cream cheese frosting for a simple yet fancy green tea dessert.
Servings: 9
Calories: 338kcal
Ingredients
- 190 grams bleached all-purpose flour
- 19 grams matcha green tea powder
- 7.5 mL baking powder
- 2.5 mL Diamond Crystal fine kosher salt
- 175 grams unsalted butter softened
- 200 grams granulated sugar
- 3 large egg(s)
- 5 mL pure vanilla extract
- 90 mL whole milk (3.25 % fat)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325°F (165 °C). Grease 9 mini loaf pans (I used this pan from Amazon. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, matcha, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and the sugar for a few minutes until light and fluffy, then add the eggs one at a time, beating well between each addition and scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed with a spatula. Add the vanilla and beat the mixture again.
- Add the whisked dry ingredients alternately with the milk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
- Give the mixture a couple more stirs with the spatula to make sure everything is evenly incorporated, then divide the batter among the prepared loaf pans.
- Bake the cakes until a cake tester inserted in the middle of one comes out clean and the edges begin to pull away from the sides. This takes about 20 or so minutes.
- Cool on a wire rack in the pan for 10 minutes before unmolding to cool completely.
Notes
- This recipe calls for Diamond Crystal fine Kosher salt. If using regular table salt, add half the amount or the recipe may be too salty!
- This cake can be baked in mini loaf pans (up to 9, depending on dimensions), a standard 9x5-inch loaf pan or even better, a smaller 8.5x4.5-inch loaf pan. Baking the recipe as one cake as a large loaf cake will mean a longer baking time, at least 45–60 minutes. Use visual cues and tests to determine when the cake is done baking.
- Use high-quality fine matcha powder. The colour may vary according to the brand of green tea powder, the type, and also the age of it, so the green colour of the cake will vary.
- I garnished these matcha cakes with this thick cream cheese frosting without powdered sugar.
Nutrition
Calories: 338kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 98mg | Sodium: 161mg | Potassium: 148mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 687IU | Calcium: 65mg | Iron: 2mg
