"Avocado Toast" Matcha Cake
It's the cake version of your favorite trendy breakfasts - Mermaid Toast and Avocado Toast! Swirls of mermaid-esque Matcha buttercream rest on a dense, marbled Matcha vanilla buttermilk cake in this fun breakfast turned dessert.
Makes 1 cake.
An original recipe prepared for us by The Pancake Princess.
Ingredients
For the cake:
- 1.5 cups cake flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- Heaping ¼ teaspoon flaky sea salt
- 7 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon oil (coconut, olive or canola all work)
- ½ cup + 2 tablespoons buttermilk, divided
- 3 eggs, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1.5 teaspoons Aiya Cooking Grade Matcha
For the frosting:
- 3 tablespoons butter, room temperature
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- Pinch of salt
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 tablespoon Aiya Cooking Grade Matcha