Green Tea Crunch Cake
Green Tea Crunch Cake
Fun & delicious Green Tea notes accent this wonderful chocolate crunch cake!
Ingredients
- Nut Crunch Crust
- 1 cup chocolate hazelnut paste (Nutella)
- 4 ounces dark chocolate, chopped
- 0.25 cup macadamia nuts, toasted and finely chopped
- 1 cup Rice Crispies
- 0.5 teaspoon cinnamon
- Green Tea Custard
- 1 package (envelope) unflavored gelatin
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons matcha aiya green tea powder
- 0.25 cup sugar
- 3 egg yolks
- 6 ounces white chocolate, chopped
Instructions
Nut Crunch Crust
- Line an 8” x 8” pan with wax paper.
- Over low heat (or in microwave) melt hazelnut paste and dark chocolate. Stir until smooth.
- Add nuts, Rice Crispies and cinnamon; stir until combined.
- Spread in prepared pan. Refrigerate until cool (about one hour).
Green Tea Custard
- Soak gelatin in cold water, following package directions.
- Bring cream and tea to a boil and simmer for 2 minutes.
- Place sugar and yolks in double boiler and whisk continuously until mixture is thick.
- Add one fourth of the cream/tea mixture slowly to egg/sugar mixture, whisking continuously. Repeat three times until all cream/tea mixture is added.
- Simmer over double boiler for three minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in white chocolate and softened gelatin.
- Strain mixture into a food processor when chocolate is melted.
- Process for one minute, or until smooth.
- Pour over crunch bottom and freeze until firm (2-3 hours).
- To serve, turn cake out onto a cutting board and slice.
- Garnish with fresh fruit. Allow to sit at room temperature for 10-15 minutes before serving.
Notes
2 Tbsp. of matcha aiya green tea powder may be substituted for 4 Tbsp. loose Japanese green tea plus 1 drop of green food coloring
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