My coworker Kim loves anything green tea, and while I wasn't able to make her a cake last year (since I was on maternity leave from work), I made her this Hello Kitty shaped green tea cake the year before. (Yes, this post is two years late!)
I made pretty much the same components that I had made for this Hello Kitty tiramisu cake, such as the same vanilla cake, and the same method of cutting out the Hello Kitty shape and layering the components.
Except that I made a matcha green tea syrup of the espresso syrup.
Which also meant making the green tea mascarpone filling instead of an espresso mascarpone filling.
After adding a second set of vanilla cake, green tea syrup, and mascarpone layers, I dusted the top with green tea powder (instead of cocoa powder).
Then I let it set overnight before unmolding it.
While the cake had great green tea flavor, I think it would have been better had I used the green tea chiffon cake that I made here and here. The more green tea flavor, the better!
Stay tuned to see the cake that I made for Kim this year!
OMG, that looks so good! I want to eat it through my monitor. Haha. Chic and Alluring Blog
ReplyDeletehaha, thanks @Chic Alluring ! :)
DeleteSO cute!
ReplyDelete@Colette Joseph - thank you! :)
DeleteWhat kind of cake mold is that. How did you remove the cake mold? Thanks.
ReplyDelete@Yanna - i bought the mold at a japanese store, it's meant for a giant hello-kitty shaped pan sushi. but i've seen it on ebay before! good luck!
Deletei think any matcha powder would work!
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