Meaning of green-tea cake | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

Examples

“The green-tea cake is tasty, an unusual dessert.”

“The home-made petits fours at IS Tea include a melt-in-the-mouth milk-vetch cake, a refreshing and sweet osmanthus-blossom cake, and Huang’s newly created green-tea cake.”

“Ben-Israel created a green-tea cake, which was made with macha—green powdered tea sent from Japan by the client’s family.”

“At Japonaise Bakery in the center of Porter Exchange, rolls stuffed with azuki beans, choco horns (sweet white dough surrounding chocolate filling), and green-tea cakes share counter space with finger sandwiches of tuna salad, egg salad, and ham that even have the crusts cut off.”

“And when we ask to wrap up the abundant leftovers, the hostess packages the dumplings and green-tea cakes in reusable Tupperware-like containers and stacks them in an elegant gift bag.”

“[…] there’s traditional British fare, such as scones with clotted cream, as well as intriguing concoctions, such as pea and yogurt soup, and green-tea cake.”

“It’s laden with chawan mushi, a custard laced with strawberries and honeycomb; green-tea cake with a molten chocolate center; fresh fruit and scoops of fruit sorbet.”

“Over a delicious slice of green-tea cake topped with vanilla ice cream, we learned from Dharma, the restaurant’s manager, that they take quality and customer satisfaction very seriously at Sushi Yawa.”

“The cake is a rectangular slice of light sponge cake, such as green-tea cake, which is popular and tasty.”

“Sweets will include the occasional hybrid, such as red-bean, green-tea cake and Tokyo cheesecake.”

“Insert another piece of green-tea cake.”

“The grey spring sky brought a deeper glow to bright sections of oranges interspersed with blueberries on the sweet brunch plate, served with green-tea cake, lemon cream and toasted brioche – employing on-site baking skills and those of Boulangerie Guillaume close by.”

“The one we tried, a classic green-tea cake that looks like a pie and is stodgy and sweet, is available in the Yauatcha shop (£4) or as part of HKK’s 15-course evening tasting menu.”

“He nodded proudly, and stepped to one side for Makiko, who followed behind, carrying her green-tea sponge in shaking hands. —If that’s Japanese green-tea cake it’s my absolute favourite, she said.”

“In Higashi Chaya-gai, several shops sell gilded items, ranging from jewelry to cosmetics to postcards. The largest is Hakuza (“gold-foil place”), whose products include gold-infused liquor and green-tea cake edged in edible gold.”

“On the menu thanks to executive chef Lyndsey Simone and pastry chef Chris Sablan, it’s everything the classic version is in presentation and texture, except for the soft, white chocolate center encased in warm green-tea cake.”

“A line of matcha dust and a ring of raspberry puree globules circled a large helping of thick yuzu whipped cream piled atop of crunchy green-tea cake crumbles.”

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