Matcha (Green Tea) Cake with Taro Buttercream

I really love this combo and the cake was so delicious and moist. Definitely my favorite matcha cake recipe so far and I've been experimenting with them a lot in order to find the one I like the most.

Matcha cake (makes about 6-8 inch cake. If you do a 6, you'll probably have some batter left for cupcakes)!


3/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
5 large eggs, at room temperature
2 1/2 cups cake flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 tbs of matcha powder (or just kind of dump a nice amount in if you're like me and really love it)!

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F and spray your cake pan with baking spray or grease with butter.
2. Beat the butter and sugar until well combined. Add the eggs one at a time
3. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, matcha, and salt. Stir the milk and vanilla together. Add the flour and the milk alternately to the butter mixture, starting and ending with the flour and beating on low speed. Put in the cake pan and bake at 350F for about 40 min to an hour. Check with a toothpick and this may vary depending on your oven so I recommend checking after 30 min and then so on.

Taro Buttercream (aka euphoria for the taste buds)

2 sticks of butter
4 cups of confectioner's sugar
1 tbs taro powder
2 tbs milk or heavy cream (more or less depending on warmth, your desire for consistency, etc)

Mix all together on low speed until well combined (you may want to mix taro and milk together first though to avoid any possible grainy texture)
Spread onto cake or in layers of the cake and enjoy!!

Ube Cake

UBE CAKE RECIPE - Besides macarons, the most highly requested!


I have a few different ways I made ube cake and I'll give you a couple. The first is the completely homemade way. The second is a super easy way great for those who are new to baking or in a hurry or just lazy and need a quick fix (sometimes that is me too)!

Ube cake (makes 12 cupcakes or a 6 inch cake)

*1/2 cup (one stick) butter
*3/4 cup sugar
*2 eggs
*2 tsp ube extract
*1 1/2 cups flour
*1/2 tsp baking powder
*1/4 tsp salt
*2/3 c cold milk

Preheat oven to 350 F
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs 1 at a time. Stir in ube. Add dry ingredients. Bake for about 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean

Easier ube cake

*Just get a box of white cake mix and add a teaspoon or two of ube extract. Bake as directed according to the box. *This quick, easy recipe is courtesy of my baker friend, Trish who can be found on IG @sosweetbites. It's really tasty and fluffy!


Coconut Buttercream

*2 cups of confectioner's sugar
*1 stick of butter
*1 tbs milk
*1 tsp coconut extract

*Cream butter and extract, slowly add confectioner's sugar on low speed, and add milk (more or less depending on what consistency you want).