Chocolate Matcha Butter Mochi Cake
Total Time: 3 1⁄2 hoursYield: 8 Servings
Source: Bon Appetit, March 2022
Category: Dessert
Ingredients
6 tablespoons Unsalted Butter (melted and cooled)1 1⁄2 cup Sweet Rice Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1⁄2 teaspoon Kosher Salt
2 tablespoons Matcha (sifted)
2 whole Eggs
14 ounces Condensed Milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 1⁄3 cup Heavy Cream
4 ounces Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
Directions
- Spray a 9-inch cake pan with cooking spray and set oven rack to the middle. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a medium bowl whisk sweet rice flour, baking powder, salt, and matcha. Set aside.
- In a bowl of a standing mixer, add eggs and butter. Using a whisk attachment whip them until pale and emulsified, about 30 seconds. Add condensed milk, vanilla and 1 cup heavy cream and whisk until smooth.
- Add the dry ingredients and whisk until smooth and thick. Scrape batter into prepared pan and smooth surface.
- Bake until cake starts to pull away from the sides, top and edges are golden, and a tester inserted comes out clean, about 35-45 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack and let cool for 5 minutes. Turn cake out onto rack; let cool completely. Place on serving plate.
- Place chocolate in a small bowl. Bring 1/3 cup heavy cream to a boil in a small saucepan. Immediately pour over chocolate; let sit for 15 seconds then stir until ganache is smooth.
- Evenly pour ganache over top of cake, spread ganache to the edges. Let the ganache set for 2 hours. Prior to serving dust matcha over the top.