Try this refreshing cake that’s lightly sweetened with lemon and perfect for those first sunny days of spring.
Green Tea with Lemon Cake
- Prep Time 45 min
- Total 2 hr 20 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 14
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 tablespoon finely ground green tea powder
- 3/4 cup milk
- 2 1/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 5 egg whites
Frosting
- 2 1/2 cups butter, softened
- 4 teaspoons grated lemon peel
- 2 to 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 6 cups powdered sugar
Garnish
- Lemon peel
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottoms and sides of 2 (9-inch) round pans with shortening; lightly flour. In 1-cup microwavable measuring cup, stir tea powder into milk. Microwave 30 to 45 seconds on High or until warm. Stir until tea is dissolved; cool 10 minutes.
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Step2In large bowl, beat tea mixture and all remaining cake ingredients except egg whites with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on high speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Beat in egg whites on high speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pans.
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Step3Bake 30 to 35 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
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Step4Meanwhile, in medium bowl, beat 2 1/2 cups butter, 4 teaspoons lemon peel and lemon juice with electric mixer on medium speed 30 seconds. Gradually beat in powdered sugar. Beat 2 to 3 minutes longer or until light and fluffy.
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Step5Place one cake layer on cake plate, top side down. Spread with 1 1/2 cups frosting. Top with second layer, top side up. Frost side and top of cake. Decorate as desired with remaining frosting. Garnish with lemon peel.
Nutrition
870
Calories
49g
Total Fat
5g
Protein
102g
Total Carbohydrate
81g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 870
- Calories from Fat
- 440
- Total Fat
- 49g
- 75%
- Saturated Fat
- 31g
- 155%
- Trans Fat
- 2g
- Cholesterol
- 130mg
- 43%
- Sodium
- 760mg
- 32%
- Potassium
- 105mg
- 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 102g
- 34%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 81g
- Protein
- 5g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 30%
- 30%
- Vitamin C
- 2%
- 2%
- Calcium
- 10%
- 10%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 5 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 9 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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