Green Tea Layer Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup cake flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 teaspoons green tea powder (matcha)
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup plain yogurt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup adzuki beans, soaked overnight, boiled until tender, then cooled and patted dry (optional)
• 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2 teaspoons green tea powder (matcha)
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 teaspoons milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f grease and flour 2 9" round pans. sift together the all-purpose flour, cake flour, baking soda, salt, and green tea powder; set aside.
• 2 in a large bowl, beat together sugar, oil, and eggs until smooth. stir in 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla. beat in the flour mixture alternately with the yogurt, starting and ending with flour, mixing just until incorporated. fold in optional adzuki beans, if using. pour batter into prepared pans.
• 3 bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. cool on wire rack for 30 minutes before turning out of the pans.
• 4 sift together confectioners' sugar and green tea powder. in a medium bowl, combine tea mixture with butter, cream cheese, vanilla and milk. beat with an electric mixer until smooth.
• 5 assemble cakes as you would any layer cake. dust with green tea powder for garnish if desired.