Matcha tea cake with raspberry

Here we have an unusual bright cake with the Japanese matcha tea and raspberry flavor. There is not a single gram of artificial cooking colors in the cake! Matcha tea gives the biscuit the green color; and the custard turns out to be soft-pink due to the freeze-dried raspberry powder. So it turns out to be not just pink, but also with a bright raspberry flavor!
tatyana.obukhova
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tatyana.obukhova

Matcha tea cake with raspberry

Ingredients

Sponge biscuit
eggs
3pc
sugar
120g
4.20oz
0.48cup
8tbsp
milk
80ml
2.64fl oz
0.32cup
5.36tbsp
sunflower oil
50ml
1.65fl oz
3.35tbsp
flour
120g
4.20oz
0.48cup
8tbsp
baking powder
10g
0.35oz
0.67tbsp
matcha tea
15g
0.53oz
1tbsp
Filling
raspberry puree
300g
10.50oz
1.20cup
20tbsp
sugar
60g
2.10oz
4tbsp
corn starch
8g
0.28oz
0.54tbsp
gelatin
8g
0.28oz
0.54tbsp
water
50g
1.69fl oz
Creamy custard
cream cheese
600g
21oz
2.40cup
40.20tbsp
cream 33%
200g
6.76fl oz
powdered sugar
50g
1.75oz
3.35tbsp
freeze-dried raspberry powder
30g
1.05oz
2tbsp
Soaking syrup
water
120g
4.06fl oz
sugar
60g
2.10oz
4tbsp

Method

Sponge biscuit

Ingredients (for the mold diameter 16cm | 6.3 inch):

  • 3 eggs
  • 120 g sugar | 4.25 oz
  • 80 ml milk | 2.70 fl oz
  • 50 ml sunflower oil | 1.70 fl oz
  • 120 g flour | 4.25 oz
  • 10 g baking powder | 0.35 oz
  • 15 g matcha tea | 0.55 oz
  1. All the ingredients should be at the room temperature. In a separate bowl, mix the flour with the baking powder and matcha tea. Be sure to sift, and set aside.
  2. Separate the egg whites from the yolks and whip them with 1/2 of the sugar until the volume increases by 3 to 4 times. You should get a dense white mass that keeps its shape well.
  3. Grind the yolks with the rest of the sugar, add milk and sunflower oil, stir the mass thoroughly until smooth. Next, add the mixture of dry ingredients, and stir thoroughly.
  4. At the very end, add the whipped egg whites in 2-3 portions. Stir the dough using a silicone spatula, with gentle movements from the bottom to the top, it is important to save the fluffiness!
  5. Spread the dough in the mold and bake it in the oven preheated to 160C (320F) for 45 to 50 minutes.
  6. After baking, let the biscuit cool down a little, then remove it from the mold, wrap it in a plastic wrap, and place it in the fridge for 6 to 8 hours. After the time has passed, cut the biscuit into 3 layers.

Filling

Ingredients (for the mold diameter 14 cm | 5.5 inch):

  • 300 g raspberry puree | 10.60 oz
  • 60 g sugar | 2.10 oz
  • 8 g corn starch | 0.30 oz
  • 8 g gelatin | 0.30 oz
  • 50 g water | 1.75 oz
  1. Pour the gelatin with water and let it swell.
  2. Bring the raspberry puree to a boil and pour a mixture of sugar and cornstarch in it; stir thoroughly with a whisk. Boil the mass for 1 to 2 minutes, until it gets thicker.
  3. Next, remove the saucepan from the heat, and add the swollen gelatin; thoroughly stir the mass with a whisk or mush it with an immersion blender until smooth.
  4. Tighten the bottom of the rings with the cling film in 2 to 3 layers; place the rings on a flat surface, for example, on a cutting board.
  5. Divide the berry mass into two equal parts and pour them into molds. Place the molds in the freezer for several hours to stabilize.

Creamy custard

Ingredients:

  • 600 g cream cheese | 21.15 oz
  • 200 g cream 33% | 7.05 oz
  • 50 g powdered sugar | 1.75 oz
  • 30 g freeze-dried raspberry powder | 1.05 oz

Put all the ingredients in a mixer bowl and whip for a few minutes until fluffy, dense and smooth.

Soaking syrup

Ingredients:

  • 120 g water | 4.25 oz
  • 60 g sugar | 2.10 oz
  1. Mix the sugar with water in a saucepan, bring to a boil and remove the saucepan from the heat. Before use, the soaking syrup should be cooled to the room temperature.
  2. One biscuit layer needs 30 to 40 ml (1.20 to 1.35 fl oz) of impregnation. Conveniently spread the syrup with a silicone brush.