How to Make Green Tea and Azuki Bean Bundt® Cake - A Step-by-Step Guide

Green tea and azuki bean bundt cake is a delightful dessert that combines the unique flavors of green tea and sweet azuki beans into a soft and moist cake. This fusion of Japanese-inspired ingredients creates a harmonious balance of earthy, nutty, and slightly bitter flavors that make for a truly indulgent treat.

Made using matcha green tea powder and sweetened red bean paste, this bundt cake is a perfect representation of the fusion of traditional and modern flavors. The matcha green...

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup milk
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 5 eggs
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
  • 1 tablespoon matcha green tea powder, plus more for dusting
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 (18 ounce) can azuki beans, drained
  • 1 teaspoon confectioners' sugar, or to taste

Information

  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins
  • Additional Time: 20 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins
  • Servings: 12
  • Yield: 1 2-inch fluted tube pan

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
  • Beat white sugar, butter, milk, and vegetable oil together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Beat eggs, 1 at a time, into creamed butter mixture, beating well before adding the next egg.
  • Whisk flour, green tea powder, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl; slowly mix into creamed butter mixture until batter is smooth. Fold azuki beans into batter; pour into the prepare tube pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean, about 70 minutes. Cool cake.
  • Invert cake onto a serving plate and dust with green tea powder and confectioners' sugar.
  • Nutrition

    555 cal.

    • Total Fat: 27g
    • Saturated Fat: 12g
    • Cholesterol: 120mg
    • Sodium: 268mg
    • Total Carbohydrate: 69g
    • Dietary Fiber: 4g
    • Total Sugars: 35g
    • Protein: 10g
    • Vitamin C: 1mg
    • Calcium: 68mg
    • Iron: 3mg
    • Potassium: 321mg