Maccha Marble Cake

Maccha (or matcha) is a special quality Japanese green tea. I have seen it mentioned a few times on Diva’s The Sugar Bar. She really raves about it & has found a myriad of uses for it. So,when she posted her Matcha Marble Cake last week I drove directly to Mitsuwa in search of this fine green powder. It was relatively easy to find after I asked a fellow patron to help me.  Then, on the hottest day of the year, I lined up all of the ingredients to bake my cake. Truth be told, I had just ordered a new baking form & was desperate to try it out. I was totally giddy as I worked with a new recipe AND used my new baking toy!

Diva’s recipe was pure heaven. I had to make some adjustments because I didn’t have self-rising flour & I was not eager to purchase a 4th type of flour for my already fulltothehilt pantry. So, below are the ingredients with the US conversion measurements & here is Diva’s original recipe.

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 c. sifted cake flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 4 eggs
• 3 tbs low-fat milk
• 1/2 tbs vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 tsp maccha powder

We all thoroughly enjoyed the cake. I felt quite fancy having the marble effect (1st time for me) in my cake. Also, since green tea is an antioxidant, I considered this as “health food” and savored every delicious bite without guilt.