Matcha Azuki Roll Cake
The RIGHT one!
In the crave of green tea dessert. Not something new in my blog, but it's many cake crazes' favourite. Since I finished with my matcha powder which I bought from Japan sometimes back, I have tried out different matcha powder that are available in Singapore. But, I couldn't find one that is with real / authentic taste and gives a good green in my bakes. I have tried the one selling at our local supermarkets ( bakes turn out with yellowish green), Sun Lik bake shop's, which they claim theirs imported from Japan( Good green, but not quite green tea taste). Finally, I found the RIGHT one!! Can forget about the one selling at Phoon Huat, which has a weird smell / taste, it may give a beautiful green, but , no thanks! I was like obsessed with hunting down Matcha powder for the past two weeks, till I found it at Liang Court. Happy, very very happy with it! Love the fluffy and spongy texture!! You may get the recipe here.
Three of them are from the same brand. From the right(empty can now), which I bought from Japan, specially for baking use, perfect! Center packet is what I am using currently. Left bottle is the one we could get from any local supermarket, it has the right taste, but, the colour simply too yucky.
The one in the glass bottle, I bought from Sun Lik. Good colour, but not quite right with matcha taste. The one in the packet, is just an ordinary green tea powder drink, with authentic taste, but bakes turnout in yellowish green.
Comments
the swiss roll looks great! actually have been a silent reader for quite some time..your blog is great! may i ask if you bought the green tea powder from Meidiya? i went to look for it yesterday but couldn't find it. is it in the coffee/tea section? i even showed the staff the picture but the lady said she had not seen it before....
tks
octopusmum
The matcha powder is selling at a counter right in front of the travelator where you come up from the car park. Sorry, I did not give a clear instruction for the stall. According to the lady, they do have a counter at Takashimaya basement food hall too. But I am not sure if they carry this matcha powder though. Sorry again .... I was there thus afternoon, and still see the matcha powder selling there.
no worries.. i should have asked you first bf going:) i too was looking for a good matcha powder after Meidiya stopped carrying the one i used. so i thought they have replaced that one with this one... will go and look for it again next week. thks for the infor:)
regards
octopusmum
I enjoyed seeing your blog and your beautiful cakes. Radhika
The current one I paid $18 for it, it's definitely one of the more expensive ones in Singapore but, I definitely will go for it as the taste n texture are really good. I know what you are referring to. The residue is like small small vanilla beans that sits at the bottom of the dessert right?
It's 50g pack. Update me with the result, how you like it ya!
may i know what else can i do with the matcha powder as i m not sure if i can finish using it since i seldom bake..
thanks..
Besides baking, if yours is the drinking matcha powder, you can always make it into green tea. As there a two types of matcha powder, for baking and drinking. So, you have to know what's yours.
The one I am using now is actually for drinking but it can be used for baking too. Wherease baking use matcha powder not so good for drinking thou. You may send me an email with the picture attached to see which / what is yours, if you have time. Happy Baking!!