If you're looking for a delicious and flourless matcha dessert, this gluten-free matcha mousse cake is the perfect choice. With its soft and creamy texture and rich matcha green tea flavor, it creates the perfect balance for an amazing matcha dessert. It’s the perfect treat to satisfy your sweet tooth if you’re being mindful of your gluten intake. Plus, it's surprisingly easy to make!
Looking at the steps involved in making this matcha mousse recipe, you might be a bit intimidated, but don’t worry! It's an easy recipe. Using the right ingredients is key in getting the perfect texture and consistency. Always make sure to use high-quality matcha to get the perfect matcha flavor!
Gluten-free Matcha Mousse Cake Recipe
Gluten-free Matcha Mousse Cake
Matcha Cake Ingredients:
- Yields: 1 cake (6 inches)
- 1 egg
- 2g Matcha.com matcha powder
- 10g hot milk
- 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
Matcha Cake Recipe:
- Combine hot milk and sifted matcha in a bowl. Make sure the matcha is well combined with the milk.
- Separate the eggs and stir in the yolk in the matcha mixture.
- Whisk the whites and gradually add sugar. Whip until soft peaks.
- Sift in cornstarch and mix until medium peaks.
- Add a third of the egg white mixture into the matcha mixture and gently fold.
- Combine the rest of the mixture until well incorporated.
- Transfer into a lined baking pan and spread evenly.
- Bake at a pre-heated oven for 8-10 minutes at 170C.
Matcha Mousse Ingredients:
- 250g heavy cream
- 30g sugar
- 15g water
- 8g Matcha.com matcha powder
- 4 egg yolks
- 145g white chocolate
- 16g gelatin powder
- 45g cold water
Matcha Mousse Recipe:
- Whip the heavy cream until soft peaks form. Let it chill in the fridge until ready to use.
- Bloom gelatin in cold water for 2 minutes, dissolve in water bath, keeping it warm.
- Melt white chocolate in water bath, and add in sifted matcha powder. Keep it warm.
- Mix egg yolk at high speed until light and fluffy.
- In a saucepan, combine sugar and water cooking on medium heat. Stir continuously until it reaches 110C.
- Gradually pour the hot syrup into the egg yolk while whisking at high speed.
- Stir in the dissolved gelatin powder.
- Gently blend one-third of the whipped cream into the egg yolk mixture and stir in the melted matcha white chocolate.
- Fold in the rest of the whipped cream until well combined.
- Pour in a lined pan and let it set in the fridge for 30 minutes.
GF Matcha Mousse Cake Assembly:
- Remove the mousse from the fridge and add the cake on top.
- Return it to the fridge and let it set for at least 2-3 hours.
- Once the mousse has set, remove from the pan and cut the sides clean.
- Flip it over so that the cake is on the bottom while the mousse layer is on top.
- Dust with matcha powder, and slice into desired sizes. Indulge and enjoy!
Make it a no-bake matcha mousse cake
The matcha mousse is soft and creamy and the taste is elevated by the matcha flavor. It’s a delicious treat! Adding in the bottom cake layer gives this matcha dessert a fantastic play on textures.
Remember that it’s always up to your own preference- feel free to adjust this recipe to suit your needs.
This delicious mousse requires no baking making it a simpler and less-tasking recipe.
More matcha.com recommendations
As with most of our matcha baking recipes, we always recommend using our Organic Culinary Grade Matcha Green Tea Powder. This brings out a stronger matcha flavor- which we want when it comes to baking. Although, if you want to play around with our other high quality matcha powders, we’d also recommend using our Organic Matcha Superior.
If you’re looking for more matcha cake and dessert recipes, we’ve got a load of tried and tested recipes for you to recreate in your own home kitchen. They’re all just as delicious and matcha-filled as our matcha mousse cake!
- Dairy-free Matcha Ice Cream Cake Recipe
- Matcha Basque Burnt Cheesecake
- Matcha Green Tea Molten Lava Cake
- Classic Matcha Brownie Recipe
- Matcha Nama Chocolate
