Call It My Favorite: Green Tea Cheesecake

It was a gloomy afternoon. Instead of going out, it is good to making a quicke dessert. I decided to make something sweet but not too heavy. Green Tea cheesecake is what I was looking for. Wait a minute, is that the green tea we drink from tea bags or tea powder? Yes, you are correct! We are using green tea powder for this recipe. Green tea has numerous benefits to human body. It helps to reduce the possibility of getting heart disease and cancer as well as to lower cholesterol. Of course to diet people, it is a news because it burns fat. The only negative thing is it contains caffeine.

Here comes the Green Tea Cheesecake Recipe:

Ingredients:
2 eggs
1 box of cream cheese
Half cube of butter (from one quarter)
60 grams flour
50 grams sugar
100 ml Soy milk
2 teaspoon green tea powder

Baking tool: 7 inch baking pan

Preparation:
1) Preheat the oven to 350F.
2) Grease the cake tin with butter.

 Step 1:
Beat the cream cheese and sugar until they mixed well and become fluffy.

Step 2:
Whisk the eggs until they turn into light yellow color then set aside.

 Step 3:
Get ready 100 ml of soy milk. Then add the soy milk to a microwaveable bowl or container. Heat it up for 1 minute.

 Step 4:
Take out the bowl and immediately add two teaspoons of green tea powder in it. Stir it until most of the crumbles disappeared then set aside.

Step 5:
Sieve the flour then add it into the cream cheese mixture.  

Step 6:
Reheat the half cube of butter for half minute then add the melted butter into the cream cheese mixture.

Step 7:
Take a whisk to mix all ingredients well.

Step 8:
Take the green tea soy milk mixture and use a drainer to drain the excess big particles.

Tip: Divide it up to mix two to three times allows the cake mixture to become more even.

Step 9:
Take the whisk and gently do a final mix.

Step 10: Take the butter greased cake tin and add in the cake mixture.

Step 11:
Place the cake tin into the oven. Put a pan filled with water underneath the cake and bake for 25 minutes.

After 25 minutes, take out the water pan and continue to bake the cake until solid for about 10 to 15 minutes.

Step 12:
Use a toothpick to check if the cake is settled or not. If there is no sticky mixture on the toothpick, you may now remove the cake tin and cool down the cake. 










Step 13:
After the cake cools down completely, place it in the refrigerator for 3 hours before serving. 

I got the green tea powder from a japanese grocery store. It is about $10 USD for one packet. Feel free to choose whatever brand you like.

From preparation to finishing baking, it took me about one hour. The cool down takes about 1 hour to 1.5 hours depending on how quickly it cools. According to my friends, they prefer with a graham biscuit crust underneath it. I am a big fan of green tea products. If you like green tea and cheesecake, give it a try because you will never regret trying this mouthwatering dessert.