Matcha Crepe Cake

[a_boleyn]

Last summer I invested in a can of matcha powder. This is one of the results.

Comments

[bananera]

That is absolutely STUNNING.

[a_boleyn]

Thank you.

[aflaminghalo]

I have never heard of matcha, but that looks delicious.

[a_boleyn]

It's a finely ground Japanese green tea used in the tea ceremony or, in a less expensive grade, in cooking. I've made panna cotta with it as well as madeleines (a delicate shell shaped French cake) and white chocolate truffles.

http://a-boleyn.livejournal.com/tag/matcha

[lizziey]

This is pretty much amazing and what I will be baking next, thank you!

Also, hope you don't mind but I Pinned this so that I can easily find it again!

[a_boleyn]

I'm flattered that you liked it so much. It's actually a really easy dessert once you make the crepes and pastry cream ... all of which you can do the day before you want to assemble and serve it. You can also add it to your memories. :)

[lizziey]

I've never made crepes, so it should be an adventure. Correction: I made them once when I was 8. I have no actual memory of how to do it lol.

I never use memories, I always forget about them! Pinterest, however. ;)

[a_boleyn]

Good luck. The cliche is that the first crepe is always the worst (destined for the garbage or your dog) because you need to have the pan properly heated ... too hot and the crepe starts cooking before you can swirl the batter evenly over the pan so that you have to add more batter to the pan. The batter shouldn't be too thick or too thin either. Make sure you whisk it well after you let it sit as the flour will settle to the bottom.

Luckily the ingredients aren't too expensive for the crepes. :)

[pickledginger]

That looks like fun. I might be tempted to go even more multicultural and multicoloured and use a saffron creme filling. Hmm.

[a_boleyn]

Someone did a chestnut cream filling combined with plain crepes, there was a chocolate crepe with orange pastry creme and another match crepe cake had red bean paste as a filling. The possibilities are only limited by your imagination. :)

[layers_of_eli]

Gorgeous!

[a_boleyn]

Thank you so much for the compliment.