You might mistake this for a molten lava cake but it's actually a dense centre cake with crispy-chewy crust. Admittedly, it's not a looker but it's yummy...... Totally addictive!
Here's the recipe:
MATCHA CAKE
60 mins (40 minutes baking time)
15cm cake
Ingredients:
85g White chocolate (bar / buttons)
65g unsalted butter
25g matcha powder
1 tbsp cake flour
2 egg yolks
1 tbsp caster sugar
2 egg whites
40g caster sugar
1. Preheat the oven to 160 deg Celcius
2. Using a bain-marie, melt down the white chocolate and butter. Alternatively, use a microwave, ensuring the chocolate does not overheat.
3. Sieve the matcha powder and cake flour, twice.
4. Whisk the 2 egg yolks with the 1tbsp of sugar til frothy and white/ light cream in colour.
5. Whisk the 2 egg whites til it looks like beer foam. Put in 1/2 of the sugar (20g) and whisk til soft peaks. Put in the rest of the sugar (20g) and whisk til stiff peaks.
6. When the chocolate-butter mixture is slightly cool, fold in the matcha-flour mix.
7. Add the whisked egg yolks to the mixture by folding in gently.
8. Add 1/3 of the whisked egg whites (meringue) to the mixture and fold in gently. Add another 1/3 and fold in gently. Finally add the last 1/3 and fold in gently, ensuring batter is well-mixed.
9. Fill 15cm cake tin and bake for 40 minutes at 160deg Celcius.
10. Enjoy fresh out of the oven or refrigerated overnight.
🍰 6 June 2015
