A go-to recipe for chewy green tea mochi cake using Murchie's green tea

Author: Aki Tokuhara

Green tea mochi cake is definitely a staple dessert in my household. It's deliciously chewy, not too sweet and has a light, subtle green tea flavour. Plus since they're bite-sized, I don't feel too guilty eating a couple of them after dinner! This simple dessert is quick and easy to whip up to impress any crowd!

Green Tea Mochi Cake

Ingredients:

1 pound (450g) Rice Flour

7 tea bags (Genmaicha or Spring Green tea bags) or 0.5 oz Sencha green loose tea (finely grind with blender)

3 large eggs

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 cup butter 

1 cup sugar 

500ml milk

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F
2. In a bowl, whisk together eggs, vanilla, and milk.
3. In another bowl, add rice flour, baking powder, and sugar. Open up the tea bags and pour the dry tea leaves into the bowl and mix well
4. Add milk + eggs + vanilla mixture into the dry ingredients
5. Add melted butter 
6. Brush a muffin pan generously with melted butter.
7. Pour the mixture into the muffin pan
8. Bake 20-25 mins until it becomes golden brown on top
9. Enjoy!

Note: they even taste amazing warmed up!