Matcha Tea Cake Recipe

We confirm that there is life beyond Matcha Latte 😅. For example, we can use this magnificent superfood to make a fantastic Matcha Tea Cake Recipe. It is not essential that matcha be ceremonial or premium (although if you want to try it the result will be even more spectacular).

In this case we have chosen an option without chemical yeast.

We are going to prepare a very spongy cake with the only help of the well-whipped egg whites.

Go for it:

Ingredients pfor 4 people

• 3 eggs  
• 40 ml extra virgin olive oil
• 1 natural yogurt
• 80 gr pastry flour
• 10gr Matcha tea (you can go up to 15g of matcha if you like a very intense taste or try 5g if you are starting with matcha). 
• 2g Salt
• 1.5 ml Vanilla essence (optional)
• 80g Sugar

1. We start by preheating the oven to 175ºC, top and bottom. 
2. Cover the bottom of the mold with non-stick paper and grease the sides.
3. Separate the yolks from the egg whites, and leave the egg whites in the refrigerator
4. Sieve all together flour, matcha and salt.
5. Apart, beat the yolks with 30g of sugar until they thicken and turn pale in color.
6. To incorporate he yogurt and oil, beating a little.
7. Throw the mixture of flour, salt and tea, and stir gently with the whisk until you have a thick, green mass. Reserve
8. Beat the egg whites with the mixer of bars at low speed. When they begin to thicken and foam, add 30g of sugar and continue beating, gradually increasing the speed. When it takes shape, add the rest of the sugar and beat at high speed until you have a kind of thick and shiny meringue.
9.  To incorporate very little by little with enveloping movements this Meringue to the main mass using a spatula and trying to maintain the consistency. 
10.  When everything is incorporated, bring to mold.
11. Bake for a few 30-35 minutes at 175ºC, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Before unmolding let cool completely on a rack. Decorate with more sifted matcha tea or icing sugar.

If you have little time or little desire :p you can try the yeast version of our Matcha Tea Cake Recipe and you save on whipping the egg whites. 

Too easy! you just have to add 6 g of yeast to the recipe original and follow these simple steps:

1. Beat the eggs with the sugar
2. To incorporate he yogurt and oil, beating a little.
3. Sieve all together flour, yeast, matcha and salt 
4. To incorporate the mixture of flour, yeast, salt and tea, and beat gently until everything is completely incorporated
5. Enter into the mold
6. Bake for a few 30-35 minutes at 175ºC

What did you think of our Matcha Tea Cake Recipe?