matcha cake

Powdered tea confection

A cake flavored or colored with matcha, the finely ground powder of specially grown green tea leaves.

The matcha gives the cake an earthy, slightly bitter flavor and distinctive pale green color.

Common in Japanese-style desserts and increasingly popular in Western bakeries: She ordered a slice of matcha cake with white chocolate frosting.

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G