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Green Tea Layer Cake

“This is a light and moist cake that is not too sweet and has a refreshing green tea fragrance. The frosting uses cream cheese but has enough sweetness to mask the sour taste. The matcha (green tea) powder gives it a delicate green hue too. This cake can also be baked as a sheet cake in a 9x 13 inch pan or as 2 separate round cakes in two 8 inch round pans. Adjust baking time accordingly.”

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Reviewed: Nov. 8, 2009

People at work hated it, I personally didn't hate it but I've had better cakes

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Chef Nieves

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Reviewed: Nov. 6, 2009

THis is the best! I was bored, so I decided to make something. I do not have any powedered green tea, but I do have green tea with Jasmine, so I just ground that in a coffee grinder, and it was great! I might try mint green tea next.

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Reviewed: Aug. 30, 2009

I added the red bean into the recipe. I would recommend adding 1.5 cups instead of the 1 cup. The red bean flavor doesn't come out as strong as the green tea.

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giginium

Living In: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Reviewed: Jul. 21, 2009

I bought matcha when I was in Japan and decided to try out this recipe. I ended up making 15 large cupcakes from this recipe. I didn't have cake flour, so a known substitute for 1 c cake flour is 1 cup all-purpose flour minus 2 tablespoons, PLUS 2 tablespoons of corn starch. I used 1/2 c applesauce and decreased the oil to 1/2 c. I don't like things being too sweet so I decreased the sugar to 1 c. If the cupcakes were eaten alone, they would have needed the full amount of sugar, but with the icing, it was just perfect. I used 4 oz cream cheese in the icing and I had a lot of icing for the 15 cupcakes. While this made a nice and moist cake overall, there still wasn't enough green tea taste and I would add more matcha in the future.

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Kaye Elle

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Reviewed: Apr. 17, 2009

This is delicious! I served it for my housewarming party and everyone loved it. So many compliments, especially from people who thought cake made from Green tea sounded gross. My husband asks for it all the time!

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HollyN82

Cooking Level: Intermediate

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Reviewed: Apr. 12, 2009

I live in Japan and I sent the cake in the mail to two different Japanese families. They all loved it. One said that it is addictive! Arigatou gozaimasu, Suki-san!

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LaSensei

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: South Bend, Indiana, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 25, 2009

I just made this cake with a high hope...however, the cake didn't turn out that great. It's very moist but there is hardly any green tea taste to it. I in fact used 5 tspn but still can't taste any green tea. It could be that I used brown sugar which may have overpower the taste of green tea. Won't make this one again.

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Reviewed: Mar. 24, 2009

LEMON ZEST brightens up both the cake and the frosting! Fabulous!

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Reviewed: Mar. 18, 2009

Very moist but too sweet and not enough green tea powder. I cut the sugar in 1/2 for the batter and used 8oz cream cheese to make the topping thicker. Also doubled the green tea powder for the frosting and came out wonderfully! Sprinkle some over the finished product, looks and tastes great!

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Gracek

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Reviewed: Mar. 9, 2009

I actually just tried this recipe yesterday. It is a great recipe and the cake is moist, sweet but not too sweet. However, this cake tasted like a regular cake with minimal green tea flavor. If you are a fan of green tea and looking for an authenic green tea cake like that found at a japanese bakery this is NOT the one.

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Reviewed: Feb. 26, 2009

This cake is tasty. The only thing is that it doesn't taste like green tea-- and I doubled the amount of matcha! Kind of disappointing. I made the frosting too, and had the same problem. I found it helped to sift some raw matcha over the cupcakes to give them a green tea taste.

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ILOVELUIGI326

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Millis, Massachusetts, USA

Living In: Miami Beach, Florida, USA

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Reviewed: Feb. 21, 2009

I made this for a girl scout event, the girls came back for seconds. Next time I will try and find powdered green tea and see if there is any difference. Over all a good cake that is not to sweet.

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

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Reviewed: Feb. 17, 2009

I'm sorry but this did not taste much like green tea even though I added a bit more as suggested. It was moist but it did not have good flavor at all. I would not make this again.

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SHABBA

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Liverpool, New York, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 26, 2008

I really like how this cake turned out! Very tasty, not too sweet. Easy to make, too. I baked it for my birthday/christmas dinner. I only used all-purpose flour, and regular sugar for the icing, but it didn't seem to have negative effects on the finished product. Also, instead of pure matcha I got by accident a mixture of matcha and green tea leaves - not having a grinder or blender, I just put the leaves in as is. It still tasted great, and the cake had sort of a speckled look - kind of like a green lemon poppyseed cake. Pretty!

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Sarah

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Reviewed: Nov. 29, 2008

This was good but I really didn't know what to expect. I wanted a recipe for a friend's birthday who loves green tea. She doesn't care for very sweet desserts and this wasn't overly sweet. Tasted more like a spice cake to me though.

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Susy

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Living In: South Bend, Indiana, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 24, 2008

This recipe really is so good. The first time I tried it, I couldn't taste the green tea flavor distinctly, so I added 2 tbsp more. To make the icing a nicer green color, I added green & yellow food coloring. I baked this recipe using mini bundt pans and topped the icing with chopped pistachio nuts. . . great as a gift!

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Home Town: Pasig City, National Capital Region, Philippines

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Reviewed: Oct. 27, 2008

I made cupcakes, and they were at hit at my asian themed party. I wasn't that impressed myself, I couldn't taste the green tea, even though I added extra. But my guests gobbled them up so I guess that's what really matters. They sure were pretty.

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