Baking: Green Tea Cake

Apr 1, 2007 at 3:50 PM
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When I lived in California, I was introduced to one of the most delicious treats, ever: Green Tea Cake. I spent years after leaving the west coast daydreaming of these cakes and looking for a reputable recipe. Alas, my friend Shell@fancy domesticated things gave me the recipe that, in my opinion, surpassed the reality of the cakes I left behind.

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Green Tea Cake:

4 eggs
1 3/4 c flour
1 1/2 c sugar
3/4 c butter
2 T green tea powder
1 T chocolate chips (optional)

Put butter in a bowl and stir until soft. Add sugar, mix well. Add eggs. Sift flour and green tea powder together, add to mix, add chips if you want. Place baking wax paper into medium loaf pan (I grease 3-4 mini loaf pans and make individual cakes instead). Bake at 360 degrees (182 celsius) for 35 minutes.

The secret is geting a good macha powder (not sencha). Its pricey but its the only expensive thing in this cake and its dearness is worth it.

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this looks delicious :)

mmm! i've made this before (from this recipe i guess even!)

i ended up with gunpowder tea which is not actually powder at all! i was like, "fuck it!" and just ended up eating the tea bits. which was tasty even though the flavour was uneven! but now that we might have a coffee grinder i might do this again and see if i can grind my tea.

so thanks for the tip!

Sweet heaven! Thank you for posting this! I'll have to try this recipe.

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I keep meaning to get some macha but keep forgetting to buy it. thanks for the reminder!

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This looks delicious. I guess that settles the question what cake I will make for the Easter family get-together. Thanks!

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This looks fabulous! Thanks for sharing the recipe! :) I've only ever tried green tea ice cream, which I love, but am anxious to try this out as well. :)

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For this I will love you forever.

i know it is delicious, i did try to make once, but color turn to brawn instead of green. what is wrong?

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I realize I'm a little late to the party on this thread, but I found it because I was trying to find a recipe to compensate for the fact that Trader Joe's has discontinued their green tea baking mix.

the next time you make this, instead of chocolate chips, try stirring in some red bean paste (available in cans at asian food markets) for a classic Japanese taste combination!