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Strawberry Matcha Cake

Strawberry Matcha Cake

This delightful Strawberry Matcha Cake combines the earthy flavor of matcha with sweet strawberry buttercream for a delicious dessert.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Cooling Time 1 hour
Total Time 2 hours 10 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 12 slices
Calories 450 kcal

Equipment

  • oven
  • mixing bowls
  • whisk
  • Cake tins
  • spatula
  • Cake board or plate

Ingredients
  

For the cake layers

  • 20 g matcha powder sieved
  • 100 ml whole milk hot
  • 180 g unsalted butter softened
  • 180 ml vegetable oil
  • 375 g granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 360 g self raising flour

For the strawberry buttercream

  • 1 batch Swiss meringue buttercream link: https://ashbaber.com/swiss-meringue-buttercream/
  • 4-6 tablespoons freeze dried strawberry powder

Instructions
 

Making the cake layers

  • Start by pre-heating your oven to 180c. Also grease and line three 8 inch cake tins, leave these aside.
  • In a bowl, add the matcha powder and hot milk. Whisk these together, then leave this aside.
  • In a large bowl, add the softened butter, oil, sugar and vanilla. Beat these together for 5 minutes.
  • Add 3 of the eggs into this, mix until combined. Then mix in the remaining 3 eggs.
  • Now add the matcha mixture and the flour. Mix everything together just until you get a smooth batter.
  • Pour this batter into your prepared cake tins then bake for around 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the centre of your cakes comes out clean.
  • Once baked, leave them to cool down completely.

Making the strawberry buttercream

  • Meanwhile, make your Swiss meringue buttercream.
  • Get a large dollop of this and leave this aside, we're going to use this later.
  • With the rest of the buttercream, add the freeze dried strawberry powder to it. Start by adding 2 tablespoons and mix this in. Taste this, then add more depending on how strong you want the strawberry flavour to be.

Putting the cake together

  • Once the cake layers have cooled completely and the buttercream has been made, we can put the cake together.
  • Start by taking the cake layers out of the tins, then cut the tops of them off, just so the layers are more even.
  • Place one of your cake layers down onto a cake board or plate, and spread some of the strawberry buttercream over this.
  • Add another cake layer, spread more buttercream over this, then add the final layer of cake.
  • Now decorate it however you want. I got the dollop of buttercream that we saved and mixed some matcha powder into this.
  • Then iced the cake with this matcha buttercream and the remaining strawberry buttercream, then piped some swirls of strawberry buttercream on top.
  • Cut into the cake and enjoy!

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 450kcalCarbohydrates: 60gProtein: 5gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 12gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 120mgSodium: 200mgPotassium: 120mgFiber: 1gSugar: 35gVitamin A: 500IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 20mgIron: 2mg
Keyword baked goods, buttercream, cake, dessert, matcha, Strawberry
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