Sunday, 10 July 2011

Recipe: Green Tea Tofu Cake

Look, I know it sounds weird, but it is delicious and my epicurean co-supervisor agrees with me, so there. The beany smell of the tofu is not at all evident after baking. And at least this cake does not contain sauerkraut.

Green Tea Tofu Cake
(Adapted from this recipe.)

Ingredients
2 1/2 tsp Matcha green tea powder
1 cup silken tofu
1 egg
3 tbs butter, melted
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup plain pancake mix

Preheat oven to 180°C. Lightly grease a loaf pan.

Sift together green tea powder and pancake mix. Set aside.

Drain water from tofu and whip until smooth. Beat in egg, butter and sugar. Add half the flour mixture and mix in carefully; add the other half. Mix until well-combined.

Pour cake batter into the pan. Bake for about 30 minutes, until the top of the cake is lightly browned. Remove from oven and, while still in the pan, invert over a wire rack immediately. (I'm not joking about the "immediately". Within one minute the cake will start sinking.) Allow to cool completely before removing the pan.

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